Veronika Grimm was elected to the supervisory board of Siemens Energy against the votes of her former mother. This is particularly embarrassing for Siemens and its representative, Ralf Thomas, says Hannes P Albert.

The debate about the Grimm economy will not stop until it has decided on a task, he says. The company will be distracted from what should actually be happening: using the energy transition to make money, he adds. The Siemens Group's no to agenda item 7a was an embarrassing 76.43 percent.