Industry reacts to CO鈧� price proposals ahead of coalition talks
Ahead of the government coalition talks, industry representatives have voiced concern over recent proposals on CO鈧� pricing by German experts or French President Emmanuel Macron, writes Andreas Mihm in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭he German industry needs reliefs, not additional burdens through a CO鈧� tax鈥�, Eric Schweitzer, president of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), told the newspaper. A CO鈧� pricing mechanism already existed within the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), and a national tax would be a double burden for German companies. Holger L枚sch, deputy director general of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), said: 鈥淎t best, the French nuclear power plants would profit, but not Germany as an industrial location.鈥�
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For background, read the 威力彩玩法 article Experts call for CO2 price to retain Energiewende鈥檚 credibility.