Brussels, Berlin still at odds over green energy law

(EurActiv, 4 Jul 2014) Berlin and Brussels clashed over Germany's green energy law on Thursday (3 July), with Chancellor Angela Merkel reacting angrily to suggestions from Europe's competition chief that Germany had not done enough to comply with European rules.

A ruling from the EU's highest court on Tuesday (1 July) raised hopes in Germany that its revamped renewables legislation - which aims in part to shelter heavy industry from the cost of funding green energy - was already in line with EU law.

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But EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia said that was not the case, because imported energy would not be treated in the same way as domestically-produced fuel.

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EurActiv, 4 Jul 2014: Brussels, Berlin still at odds over green energy law