News Digest Item
24 Oct 2016

“Disconnecting Austria”

Der Spiegel

The German federal government’s decision to unilaterally terminate the contract on German-Austrian power market could be imminent, German government sources told weekly magazine Der Spiegel. “Federal economy minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) urged Vienna to leave the common electricity market,” which Austrian economy minister Reinhold Mitterlehner rejects, writes Gerald Traufetter in Der Spiegel. Two weeks ago, Austrian environment minister Andrä Rupprechter had told the magazine that he planned to create a neighbouring countries’ energy alliance against Germany.

For background, read the CLEW article Europe's largest electricity market set to split.

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