BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – In the traffic light coalition’s dispute over the continued use of nuclear power plants, politicians from the Greens and the FDP have expressed optimism about a speedy agreement. Green parliamentary group leader Katharina Dröge said on Sunday evening in the ARD “Report from Berlin” that the coalition had often wrestled with each other again, also publicly, but had always been able to find an agreement. “I’m very confident that we’ll succeed again,” said Dröge. When asked if that was the case on Monday, she replied: “Hopefully.”
FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai also told the “Spiegel” on Sunday evening that he was confident that the traffic light coalition would find a good solution “at the beginning of the week”. In the ZDF program “Berlin direct”, the FDP politician said it was possible that a result would be reached on Monday, but it could also be on Tuesday. Djir-Sarai referred to the upcoming session week of the Bundestag. “We have important decisions to make during this week’s session, and we will make them.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) met with Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) for another crisis meeting in the Chancellery on Sunday afternoon. Confidentiality was agreed on the content. According to information from the German Press Agency, a continuation of the talks was prepared for Monday. However, there was initially no official announcement.
The Greens want to keep the two southern German nuclear power plants Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 in reserve until April 15 and continue to use them to generate electricity if necessary. The third remaining Emsland nuclear power plant, on the other hand, is to be finally shut down on January 1, 2023. The Green Party Congress in Bonn confirmed this line.
In view of the sharp rise in energy prices, the FDP, on the other hand, is demanding that all three power plants continue to operate until 2024 and, if necessary, that nuclear power plants that have already been shut down be reactivated.
Dröge said Habeck based his proposal on facts. In the matter he is not at all controversial. In the direction of the FDP, she asked: “How sensible is it to block something you want in order to get something else and then maybe achieve that nothing happens at all in the end?” Dröge added: “That’s not a responsible policy.”
Djir-Sarai said it’s never good to draw red lines on such a complex issue. “I would not have recommended that to the Greens,” said the FDP politician on ZDF. In the end, you have to find a solution together./shy/DP/men
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