FILE PHOTO: A protester carries placards at the Reichstag, as the German government prepares for all night talks on a new climate policy, in Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's governing parties on Friday agreed a new climate protection package, including a domestic carbon price and the possibility of more stringent measures in future, a source close to the talks said.
The source said Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat partners agreed a carbon price for energy used in buildings and transport in line with the existing European Union emissions trading scheme, in which certificates traded at 26.30/tonne on Friday.
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