Stock Photo - 10 October 2022, Berlin: Robert Habeck (fl, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Michael Vassiliadis, Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE), Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). (BDI), Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Veronika Grimm, member of the German government's Council of Economic Experts, arrive for the handover of the report containing the proposal of the Independent Commission on Natural Gas and Heat. The traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP has announced a ""defensive umbrella"" to support consumers and companies because of rising energy prices. A gas price brake is to be used to cap prices for at least part of consumption so that private households and companies are not overburdened. An expert commission set up by the German government is to submit recommendations for the design of the price brake. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa. - Berlin/Berlin/Germany