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This is a good deep @GuyChazan profile of Robert Habeck, the German economy minister who has a PhD in literary aesthetics and has tried to finesse the contradiction of being a Green Party star who is restarting coal plants to get through the energy crisis. https://t.co/J8MdJfXNZh
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4/ Germany is an interesting example where Economy Minister Robert Habeck has has to do things anathema to his Green Party tradition like reopen coal plants and source gas from countries with poor human rights records. But he makes it clear that something bigger is at stake:
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Germany’s Green Party campaigned for “green” sources of energy and against coal fired plants. Its voters wound up with a coal industry renaissance and Green Energy Minister Robert Habeck bowing to Qatari royals. https://t.co/IouhMDzJbS