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> she didn't express a very pro nuclear opinion, as you suggest New nuclear power plants were banned altogether. The agreement became law in 2002 (Atomgesetz)
by shapefrog 5y ago
> she didn't express a very pro nuclear opinion, as you suggest
New nuclear power plants were banned altogether. The agreement became law in 2002 (Atomgesetz). Angela Merkel, objected to the agreement, calling it a “destruction of national property” that would be revoked if the CDU came to power.
To be fair I only looked for 30 seconds and it is hardly a smoking gun to call not building nuclear power a destruction of national property as being 'pro nuclear'.
- rndgermandude 5y agoI do not recall she saying that in 2002 - when she was essentially the leader of the opposition. Do you have a public source for it? I am genuinely interested in reading/listening to her full statement.
- shapefrog 5y agohttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-germanys-nuclear-phase-out https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/history-behind-ge... https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/konsens-bei-atomgespraechen-der-ausstieg-kommt-aber-keiner-weiss-wann-a-80879.html https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/konsens-bei-atomg...
- rndgermandude 5y agoThanks for the links. Merkel, according to your Spiegel reference said: >Die Begrenzung der Restlaufzeit der deutschen Atomkraftwerke käme einer Vernichtung von volkswirtschaftlichem Vermögen gleich. Which translates to >Limiting the remaining service life of German nuclear power plants would be equal to destroying national economic assets. So her concern was about shutting down existing nuclear power plants earlier than initially planned. She kept true to her word, and reversed that, only to re-reverse herself after Fukushima. That's however not necessarily a very pro-nuclear stance, more a pro-"let them continue printing money with their existing plants because they have been good friends to the CDU in the past" stance. What she didn't say however is that she favored investing in more nuclear power generation and nuclear technology in general.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoJetzt sind sie halt (fast) weg...