Since the yellow vest protests in France, Berlin politicians have also been afraid of motorists' displeasure.
Even a Green like Economics Minister Robert Habeck is siding with commuters these days.
High fuel prices at the gas stations, although the prices for crude oil are approaching the pre-war level again?
Not with him, he means to the mineral oil companies and swiftly initiates a tightening of competition law.
In the future, the Cartel Office will also control refineries and wholesalers in addition to filling stations.
In addition, the filling stations should also have to report quantity data in addition to price data.
Giving the competition guardians access to a broader database is fundamentally correct.
But nobody should expect too much from this new regulation.
It is unlikely that companies can be proven to have illegal price agreements in this way.
Habeck is not only concerned with the power of the corporations, but also with his own: the Vice Chancellor wants to demonstrate his ability to act to the voters.