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After 3 Years without Nuclear Power, Germany Is Changing Its Mind. Why?
Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the nuclear exit a strategic mistake that increased costs and reduced energy capacity amid Germany’s complex transition to renewables.
- Recently, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany's decision to shut all nuclear plants was a 'huge mistake' that has cost the economy, remarks made to the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Dessau.
- The Energiewende and safety concerns prompted policymakers to accelerate Germany's nuclear exit after Fukushima, with successive governments progressively closing the fleet over the 2010s.
- Operating licences and safety hurdles mean restarts need new approvals and full safety reviews; Clean Energy Wire reports reactors are de-fuelled and components degrade, while World Nuclear Association cites retrofit costs of hundreds of millions to billions.
- Merz warned the shutdown left a generation shortfall, saying Germany's energy system now relies on state intervention and permanent federal subsidies to keep prices acceptable.
- The CDU has suggested re-examining recent closures and backing advanced nuclear technologies, while France plans at least six new reactors and critics warn the phase-out complicates climate neutrality by 2045.
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz sees the phase-out of nuclear energy as a "serious strategic mistake". In order to compensate for it, the Federal Government now wants to promote the construction of new gas power plants in order to increase security of supply. But it needs approval from Brussels.
·Dortmund, Germany
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz gave a speech before the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and publicly admitted that closing the nuclear power plants was a big mistake.
·Estonia
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz openly criticized the phase-out of German nuclear power.
·Budapest, Hungary
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On Wednesday, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (69, CDU) expected the nuclear phase-out to be a "serious strategic mistake."
·Berlin, Germany
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Total News Sources11
Leaning Left0Leaning Right4Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Right
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Right
67% Right
C 33%
R 67%
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