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"A second set of priorities that I see for myself and this government is a further reduction of dependence on a single source. First of all, this involves putting forward three bills during the spring session, namely: the LNG law, the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) law, and amendments to the Law on Heating Sector... talks on the Visaginas NPP (VAE) and debates on the required laws will be one of the key tasks during the parliamentary spring session." 
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"We do not want to become an importer of electricity since we are a country that can produce its energy itself. We are counting on an energy mix, and we consider the phase-out of nuclear energy - and this can especially be seen in the example of Bavaria - as absolutely wrong."
"A well-balanced energy mix is the basis for reasonable energy prices, not least against the background of the development of electricity prices and climate protection. This includes an extension of the lifetimes of our secure nuclear power plants." Angela Merkel, German Prime Minister at the CDU/CSU top-level meeting on 9 June, 2008
