EU-kommissionen godkänner industrielprissättning för Tyskland

EU-kommissionen har godkänt Tysklands införande av ett elpris för industrin. Förbundsekonomiminister Katherina Reiche meddelade detta på torsdagen i Berlin och kallade det en stor framgång. Finansminister Lars Klingbeil beskrev åtgärden som goda nyheter för industrin.

I Berlin meddelade förbundsekonomiminister Katherina Reiche (CDU) att EU-kommissionen godkänt det industriella elpriset. "Vi har hållit vad vi lovat", sade Reiche och beskrev steget som en "stor framgång". Finansminister Lars Klingbeil, som även är partiledare för SPD, uttryckte liknande optimism. "Vi har kämpat för detta under lång tid, nu blir det av", sade han. "Detta är mycket goda nyheter för den tyska industrin." Beslutet följde efter en överenskommelse inom den federala regeringen. Ekonomiminister Reiche och miljöminister Carsten Schneider (SPD) hade nått en förståelse kring riktlinjerna för finansieringen av det industriella elpriset. Handelsblatt rapporterade om detta i förväg vid lunchtid på torsdagen.

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