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Germany鈥檚 largest mining trade union has called on the next federal government to assign the tasks related to energy, transport, and housing policies to a 鈥榤inistry of energy transition鈥�. This would help the country avoid the current 鈥渦ncoordinated patchwork鈥� in its energy transformation-related policies, said IG BCE head Michael Vassiliadis at a union conference in Hanover. The union head also called on the next government to give coal mining regions undergoing structural change a 鈥渟ufficiently financed reliable prospect鈥� for the future. Germany aims to make its energy supply largely CO鈧�-neutral by 2050, and the country鈥檚 lignite mines would be "largely out of use" by then. Yet, NGOs and certain political camps are conducting 鈥渉ysterical campaigns鈥� against coal, he said. Addressing the possible alliance of Merkel鈥檚 conservatives (CDU/CSU) with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party 鈥� a so-called 鈥楯amaica coalition鈥� 鈥� and a potential coal exit agreement, Vassiliadis said: 鈥淭here actually are fears that our people in the mining areas will have to foot the bill for the 鈥楯amaica鈥� wedding party鈥�. The IG BCE stands by the climate targets agreed in Paris. 鈥淣o ifs and buts. And Paris is not the problem鈥�, he said. Instead, it is the German policy that does not live up to the climate agreement. While the Energiewende is expensive and costs jobs, its targets are not reached, said Vassiliadis.

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