The collapse of preliminary talks over a new conservative-liberal-green coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel diminishes the chances for a faster Energiewende – the transition from nuclear and fossil fuels to renewables in Germany.
Negotiations broke down when the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) walked out of the talks last night, claiming a lack of trust and of a common plan to modernise Germany between their party, Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), her Bavarian allies from the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Greens.
