(ANSA) - BERLIN, 12 JAN - "The exit from nuclear power (from Germany) is right and we have chosen other paths, we will expand on renewable energy", said Olaf Scholz, answering questions from parliamentarians to the Bundestag, for the first time as chancellor.
Scholz stressed that Germany will focus on solar and wind energy, multiplying the plants: "We will speed up the authorization processes".
The acceleration "will start already this year".
"Climate protection is industrial policy", he also said assuring that in the end Germany will also be "more competitive".
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