Former GDR border could obstruct power transmission highways
The former border between West and East Germany could become a problem for the country鈥檚 much-needed power transmission highways SuedLink and SuedOstLink, Andreas Mihm writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The government of the eastern German state of Thuringia is planning a law to protect the inner-German border strip of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a 鈥渘ational nature monument鈥� and prohibit the construction of power lines in the area, Mihm says. Germany鈥檚 economy minister Brigitte Zypries told Thuringia鈥檚 government, which is led by the Left Party, she was 鈥渟urprised鈥� by the decision that puts the Energiewende鈥檚 success in jeopardy, he writes.
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