The report of the government Commission on the coal phaseout is not without criticism and warnings. However, there is often praise from the world of politics, economy, associations and environmental groups for the Plan.

the recommendations of The coal Commission for a phase-out of climate-damaging coal-fired generation no later than 2038 are found a largely positive Echo. Politics, Economics, and environmental groups welcomed that after the atom is also the basis for an end to the dispute in the coal-fired power plants and the phase-out of lignite-set build days.

“what the Commission has decided here, substantially, really helps the regions, a industry to have a political future Laschet without coal,” said the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister, Armin.