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30 Nov 2017

Mining labour union calls for ā€œreasonableā€ energy policy of possible grand coalition

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Germany’s mining labour union IG BCE has called on the parties of the so-called grand coalition to pursue a ā€œreasonableā€ energy and climate policy, news agency dpa reports. IG BCE head Michael Vassiliadis said ā€œmore realismā€ and a ā€œmodernisation boostā€ were needed from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) if they are to continue their coalition in the next legislative period. Vassiliadis said it was ā€œabsurdā€ to believe that the grand coalition parties had to use compromises on climate and energy found in the failed exploratory talks over a so-called Jamaica coalition between the conservatives, the pro-business FDP, and the environmentalist Green Party - such as the phase-out options for coal-fired power plants. Vassiliadis called for a ā€œresetā€ on coal policy instead of relying on ā€œextreme demandsā€ of ā€œclientele partiesā€.

See Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę’s Coalition Watch and the article Government gridlock – can Germany still act on climate? for more information.

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