“Coalition parties fight politely over their energy policy”
The heads of the conservative CDU-CSU parliamentary groups in the German Federal Parliament have complained about a letter by energy minister Sigmar Gabriel stating that previous governments had “ignored” the necessary integration of the German energy transition in European politics, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. The conservatives have been one of the ruling parties since 2005. In their response letter, the parliamentary group protests this notion and highlights other short-comings of the minister, such as an increase in wind power additions in northern Germany and the failure to curb the renewables surcharge.
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