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Germany's new coalition to set agenda for EU energy policy
"Germany is so dependent on Russian gas that the question of its own potential energy reserves becomes a foreign policy issue as well as an energy issue," said Stephen Tindale of the CER. With Merkel giving up on nuclear power, a 'cross party agreement' against nuclear has somehow been reached and nuclear energy will be phased out by 2022," Tindale said.