Stock Photo - 30 November 2023, Hamburg: Stephan Weil (r-l, SPD), Minister President of Lower Saxony, Roland Harings, Chairman of the Executive Board of Aurubis AG, Norbert Aust, President of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Peter Tschentscher (SPD), First Mayor of Hamburg, Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD), Mayor of Bremen, Laura Pooth, Chairwoman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) North, Patrick Dahlemann (SPD), Head of the State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Dirk Schrödter (CDU), Head of the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein, stand together on the premises of copper manufacturer Aurubis AG before the start of the Energy Convention as part of the Conference Northern Germany (KND). The heads of government of the northern states met to discuss energy policy. They also spoke with representatives of the chambers of industry and commerce and business associations as well as the northern German trade unions. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa. - Hamburg/Hamburg/Germany