In a dramatic interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, Terium reiterated his call for subsidies for idle fossil fuel power plants – just as coalition talks between the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrats (SPD) are about to discuss details of the Energiewende, Germany’s turnaround from nuclear to renewable energy.
The energy talks starting Thursday are led by environment minister Peter Altmaier from Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and the SPD’s Hannelore Kraft, the state premier of North-Rhine-Westphalia.
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