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There has been a debate in Thuringia for years about the construction of wind turbines in the forest.
The dispute could again end up with constitutional judges.
Erfurt - According to Infrastructure Minister Susanna Karawanskij (Left), Thuringia's state government is examining a constitutional complaint against restrictions on the construction of wind turbines in the forest.
The cabinet is expected to deal with this in March.
First we should wait for a report from the state parliament's scientific service, said Karawanskij on Tuesday after the cabinet meeting in Erfurt.
The background is state parliament resolutions that are intended to make the construction of wind turbines in Thuringia's forests more difficult or require a complete waiver.
The minister described these decisions as wrong.
In order to advance the expansion of wind power, Thuringia also needs wind turbines on fallow areas in the forest that were caused by drought or bark beetle infestation.
Otherwise the wind turbines would mainly rotate in central and northern Thuringia - a regional balance could not be achieved.
Karawanskij promised a case-by-case decision before each project.
The Forest Act was changed in December 2023 by the FDP together with the opposition factions CDU and AfD to make it more difficult to build wind turbines.
A general ban on wind turbines in the Thuringian forests, which applied until 2022, was overturned as unconstitutional by the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
It is still being demanded by the CDU parliamentary group.
dpa