Peter
Altmaier,
a
conservative
politician
in
Chancellor
Angela
Merkel’s
Christian
Democrat-led
coalition,
said
in
an
interview
that
pending
rules
for
the
modern
drilling
techniques
would
likely
be
tightened.
"The
message
is
we
want
to
limit
‘fracking’,
we
don't
want
to
facilitate
it,"
he
said
on
Deutschlandfunk
radio
on
Monday,
according
to
Reuters.
"And
anyway
I
don't
see
in
the
foreseeable
future
that
‘fracking’
will
be
employed
anywhere
within
Germany,"
Altmaier
added.
Altmaier
said
he
would
recommend
that
interested
parties
refrain
from
applying
for
exploration
licences.
So
far,
only
a
few
small
initiatives
are
under…
