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Germany: Who is Economy Minister Katherina Reiche?

This 2026 profile details the background and controversial policy agenda of Katherina Reiche, appointed Germany's Economy Minister in 2025 under Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU-led government. Reiche's moves to roll back renewable heating mandates, cut solar subsidies, and push for new gas-fired power plants have drawn criticism from climate activists, tensions have emerged with coalition partner SPD over proposed energy windfall profit taxes, and she traveled to China in late May 2026 to seek technology sector investment.

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energy transitiongas-fired power plantssolar subsidiesrenewable energy policyGerman Heating Actenergy windfall profits taxGerman coalition governmentChina investment visitclimate policyenergy affordability

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