“This is a far-reaching energy policy decision to protect our country,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz told a news conference to present the government's plans to put the Schwedt refinery under the control of the Federal Network Agency regulator.
The plans included a ‘package for the future’ with more than $996.10 million in federal and state government investments over several years in eastern German states.
“We are making ourselves independent of Russia, and any decisions that are taken there,” Scholz added.
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