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Markus Söder at the CSU summer retreat in Bad Staffelstein
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The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has given a clear rejection of a speed limit.
"In any case, it is clear to us as the CSU: speed limits are not an option for us," said Söder.
A speed limit would not help prevent gastriage or blackout.
The deputy chairman of the Union faction, Jens Spahn (CDU), suggested on Monday that his party's blockade against a speed limit should not be maintained at any price.
If, for example, the Greens agree to extend the lifespan of nuclear power plants, one could also think about a nationwide speed limit on motorways, Spahn said in the ARD "Morgenmagazin".
Extending the run times of nuclear power plants is one of the options under discussion that politicians could use to try to ward off an impending energy shortage.
(Read more about the great bargaining at the energy bazaar here.)
Söder said it was not "about gaining ground in party politics, but simply: is Germany creating the crisis?" It was "highly inappropriate" that "horse-trading options" were being discussed in Germany.
"So either you want to keep nuclear power running because you're convinced, or not," said Söder.
According to Söder, the federal government is now paying more of the G7 costs
On the other hand, Söder seems satisfied with the result of another discussion: According to him, the federal government is contributing 80 million euros to the costs of the G7 summit in Elmau.
»Just received positive news from Berlin: After intensive negotiations, the federal government is now paying more of the G7 costs.
Instead of 50, it will be 80 million euros.
This concludes the topic of the G7 summit," wrote the CSU politician on Twitter.
According to the State Chancellery in Munich, the federal government has thus assumed exactly half of the costs (around 160 million euros) that have not flowed into projects from which Bavaria or the affected communities will benefit in the long term.
Around 28 million euros had been decoupled from the calculated total costs (188 million euros) because the money had flowed into upgrading the infrastructure, it said when asked.
The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior had estimated total costs of 188 million euros for the three-day G7 summit.
Most of it went to security expenses.
There had been long negotiations about the division between the federal and state governments.
The G7 summit took place at the end of June for the second time after 2015 in the luxury hotel Schloss Elmau not far from the Zugspitze.
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