CDU opposes strong cut in solar rates

A few days ago, CDU politician Tanja Gönner, who is "tipped to become federal environment minister," made the following statement about the future of solar rates in Germany in an interview:

Any sudden change would be wrong. It is true that solar arrays have become much cheaper because the market collapsed. So we do have some leeway to reduce rates. But we have to be prudent about it - it has to be based on a market analysis. We cannot chase after the market by ramping rates up and down every six months. The solar market still needs proper incentives for people to want to install the systems.

If that is the person who will be representing us in the government, we don't have much to worry about. Here's the German original just for the record:

Eine Hau-Ruck-Aktion wäre hier falsch. Richtig ist: Die Solaranlagen sind, weil der Markt einbrach, deutlich billiger geworden. Insofern gäbe es derzeit Spielraum für eine Reduzierung der Förderung. Aber das muss man mit Augenmaß entscheiden - mit einer Marktanalyse als Grundlage. Wir können nicht alle halbe Jahre die Förderung je nach Marktlage herauf- und heruntersetzen. Der Solarmarkt braucht immer einen ausreichenden Anreiz zur Installation der Anlagen.