German States Seek a Share of Nuclear Tax, FT Deutschland Says

Germany’s federal states will seek a share today of a nuclear tax expected to generate 2.3 billion euros ($3.23 billion) annually, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing a report obtained from an unnamed source.

States led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats will join Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in demanding a stake in the tax at today’s meeting of the Federal Assembly, the newspaper said.