Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir says the government is working reasonably well - but sales are poor. He has now clearly criticized the government's external representation.

"We will manage to ensure that our acceptable balance sheet is not received because we argue like tinkers," he said. Despite the "idiotic dependence on Putin's gas," Germany got through the winter well, he says. "It's not just the traffic light problems, it's national problems," he says, calling for national interests ahead of party well-being.