Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) considers an early exit from coal power targeted by the SPD, Greens and FDP to be hardly feasible.
"I see it critically, I do not see it economically feasible," said Haseloff on Tuesday in Magdeburg.
"There will be an energy gap that we cannot close."
Magdeburg - It's also about political credibility and reliability, said Haseloff.
The promise that a new job will be created for every job that is lost cannot be kept if the exit time is halved.
The transformation takes time.
The coal phase-out by 2038 is based on a law.
The SPD, the Greens and the FDP had agreed in their coalition discussions to get out of coal-fired power generation more quickly.
In a joint paper of the parties it is said that this would ideally be achieved by 2030. Haseloff emphasized: "We have to achieve the climate targets." However, it is not just about the coal sector, climate-damaging carbon dioxide can be saved in many areas.
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In order to accelerate the coal phase-out, Haseloff brought a kind of special economic zone into play.
With special rules, approval procedures and also approval procedures for the necessary finances could be accelerated, which would take a lot of time.
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