German Chancellor Scholz comments on energy independence, defence (missile shield)

Info comes via a Reuters report, main points:

• Scholz says the decision to
  become more energy independent means that we have to accept higher
  energy costs
• it would not help to keep Germany’s nuclear
  power plants running
• Germany’s coal exit is dependent on how
  quickly we make progress in expanding renewable energy

Also,

• regime change in Russia is not NATO’s goal
• we must assume that more than
  10,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine
• says told Putin that any use of
  biological or chemical weapons would have dramatic consequences
• Germany is considering buying a
  missile shield