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German power grid access: Legal opinion finds draft reforms incompatible with European Union law

A new legal opinion concludes that draft reforms by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy are incompatible with European Union (EU) law. According to the assessment, they violate EU directives and rely on threshold values that lack objective justification.

19. February 2026
Campact-Protestaktion gegen das Netzpaket vor dem Wirtschaftsministerium
A symbolic protest: A rotor blade set up outside the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin. (Paul Wagner / Campact e.V.)

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Last updated: 19. February 2026