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Not enough attention has been paid to renewable energy, according to the environment minister (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

German minister slams commission energy paper

German environment minister Sigmar Gabriel has sharply criticised the European Commission for focusing too heavily on energy security, while disregarding renewable energy and spending too much cash on nuclear power.

According to the German daily Handelsblatt, Mr Gabriel formulated his criticism in a position paper for his own social democrat SPD party.

The German minister argues the commission’s energy paper, presented last week, demonstrated a one-sided interest in the securit...

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Not enough attention has been paid to renewable energy, according to the environment minister (Photo: Luxembourg EU Presidency)

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