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Adieu `Mutti´: Germany`s next government? - An Energy and Climate Analysis

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On 26 September 2021 general elections in Germany concluded with a tricky result. Negotations to form a coalition government are complicated. But the aims of which parties overlap the most when it comes to  energy and climate? This blog entry analysis party positions on energy and climate of the 4 most likely German parties in Germany, tipped to play a role in coalition negotiations, namely CDU/CSU, SPD, Grüne and FDP.

Independence of German National Regulatory Authority (NRA) called into Question - Case Comment C-718/18 Commission v Germany

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The Court of Justice of the European Union found on 2 September 2021 in case C-718/18 that Germany failed to properly transpose various provisions of the main EU Energy Directives of the Third Energy Package, namely 2009/72 (electricity) and 2009/73 (gas). Especially the allocation of responsibilities in German energy law ( Energiewirtschaftsgesetz EnWG ) is not in line with the envisaged responsibilities reserved exclusively for national regulatory authorities. In other words: the court found that there is too much possibility for political influence on decisions on network-bound energy in Germany. But what does this mean in detail? Will German Energy Law now have to undergo fundamental revision?