still running nuclear power plants those companies are at the forefront of what we here in germany call the in their game vendor the shift from you know nuclear power and fossil fuels towards renewable energies so this story here this. merger or the new companies which are going to be formed here this creates a new chapter in the way how energy is being produced and distributed in the country so what's this deal tell us about the european energy sector as a whole. you know the french would call the companies which are going to be formed national champions large national companies large companies based in germany with most of the regulation in germany which means that we are also not seeing pan-european cross border merger or takeover here also the large french utility