Wow. That is one hell of an editorial. That minister should be taken out back and dealt with.
Just in case you're interested in Trittin's career: You can find his official biography here:
http://www.bmu.de/english/the_ministry/the_minister/doc/3083.php
If you wonder why it starts at the age of 28, well that's because before that Trittin had been a member of a communist splinter group:
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:ksWYVxrRZU0J:www.mail-archive.com/marxism%40lists.panix.com/msg48585.html+trittin+kbw&hl=de&lr=lang_en
That, of course, was edited out. Man, it is so time for regime change here in Germany. I hope the polls are right and that Angela Merkel will become chancellor on September 18th.