Billion-dollar dispute over coal withdrawal in Lusatia

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In the summer of 2024, the federal government, the EU Commission and the energy company LEAG agreed on a billion-dollar compensation for the lignite phase-out in the Lusatian district. But now the talks about a concrete contract have stalled. Does LEAG owner Daniel Křetínský pursue other plans?

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Negotiations on the billions in compensation for the phase-out of lignite-fired power generation in Lusatia are threatening to fail. “I increasingly have the feeling that EPH is deliberately delaying, if not torpedoing, a contract,” State Secretary Michael Kellner (Greens) told the “Editorial Network Germany” (Saturday issues) about the demands of LEAG parent company EPH. “If you want to come to a conclusion, you don't negotiate like that.” He i…

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The negotiations on the billion-dollar compensation for the exit from lignite electricity generation in Lusatia threatened to fail. The editorial network Germany (RND) from the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs learned this. State Secretary Michael Kellner (Greens) always called new demands by the LEAG parent company EPH as a reason. "I have an increasing feeling that EPH deliberately delays a contract, if not even torpedoes", Kellner told th…