The topic dominated public debate for months: What should the coal phase-out look like in Germany? How many power plants can be shut down and how quickly? The Coal Commission convened by the Federal Government spent months discussing the issue and finally laboriously agreed on a compromise resolution. But now there's nothing left of it.
Breaking of promises - that's what some of the members of the Coal Commission, including Prof. Dr. Barbara Praetorius, former chairwoman of the Commission, are accusing Germany's government of. The agreement presented last week by the Federal Government and the coal-producing federal states was met with little approval from most experts anyway, but now the tone of the discussion is becoming more heated.
Eight people who, as ...