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epa10976018 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C), German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck (L) and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (R) attend a news conference after the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2023.  EPA-EFE/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

Constitutional Court questions cornerstone of German climate policy

An embarrassment for the German government, a serious problem for climate policy: The ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court means that the German government is short of 60 billion euros for the green transformation: The funds for heating replacement, electromobility, chip subsidies, rail investments and electricity price discounts are on the table.

By Malte Kreutzfeldt