"Many of the industry partner wait until finally the start character, and we are of the preparations finally come to Go with a whole series of projects," he said on Wednesday during a visit to the BASF site in Schwarzheide. Including infrastructure, are projects such as the Expansion of rail lines in the Lausitz, the training of Medical students in Cottbus, and much more. To not want to the talks on compensation for the brown coal-fired power plant operators the Prime Minister speak on demand. "The negotiations are between private companies and the Federal government, we are not involved as a government." He believe, however, that a reasonable settlement had been reached, so Woidke.

The Federal Cabinet approved on Wednesday contracts for the Shutdown of coal-fired power plants, and the due compensation of 4.35 billion euros of the rules of the operator. In addition, the Federal government decided the so-called formulation aid for the law to aid in the structural changes and for arrangements for brown coal in the Coal phase-out law. Both laws should be decided next week in the Bundestag and in the Bundesrat.