Germany’s energy-intensive medium-sized companies must receive new subsidies for their gas and electricity costs as rapidly as possible, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday. “Now, however, it depends crucially on how quickly we can reach agreement in the federal government and quickly get implementation under way,” Habeck said. The subsidies could possibly be granted retroactively from September, depending on the final shape of the plan. Habeck invited around 40 associations of small and medium-sized businesses to a video conference on Tuesday, where the main topic of discussion wil…