Likely new German coalition may lower renewables and climate ambition

Conservatives and Social Democrats abandon plan for early coal exit and want to amend or abolish progressive heating law

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union and the likely next German chancellor. — Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union and the likely next German chancellor.Photo: Steffen Prößdorf

Bernd Radowitz

European Editor, Recharge

Published 26 March 2025, 11:40Updated 26 March 2025, 11:40

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