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23 Nov 2018

NRW state premier Laschet attaches conditions to German coal exit date

dpa / Spiegel Online

Any date for abandoning coal agreed by Germany鈥檚 coal exit commission must be linked to specific conditions - and these must be fulfilled to actually implement the agreement, the state premier of Germany鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Armin Laschet, told news agency dpa in an article on Spiegel Online. 鈥淭here needs to be an if-then-clause,鈥 Laschet said, arguing that 鈥測ou cannot just say this or that will happen on some day in the 2030s.鈥 He stressed that NRW would be ready 鈥渢o support a complete package for a coal exit if the conditions for affected people and companies are acceptable鈥 and sufficient financial means are provided to cope with structural economic changes. Laschet said that 鈥渁 coal exit will be very expensive 鈥 that鈥檚 what happens when you decide to get rid of a domestic, competitive energy source for political reasons and to protect the climate.鈥

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