Ramelow accuses Bayern of being audacious about the electricity route. “Good neighbors look different,” said Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow.

The project is shocking, “because there has been resistance from Bavaria for years for approved systems that are more compatible with the landscape and cheaper,’ he said. ‘In addition to the three new power lines we already have, there is no need for a fourth. This corridor through the Heldburger Unterland is simply unnecessary.’