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Federal government rejects legal act on taxonomy

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Published: May 16th, 2022,
Last updated: May 16th, 2022

As announced, Germany will oppose a sustainability label for natural gas and nuclear power proposed by the EU Commission. The German government has told the French Council Presidency that it will veto the corresponding supplementary legal act on the taxonomy, the Finance Ministry announced on Saturday night. If the EU states or the European Parliament were to object, the legal act could be prevented from coming into force, the Finance Ministry said.

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