This seems to be your opinion when one can read it also differently. After Fukushima she and her government (backed by the coalition partner FDP) started a risk

This seems to be your opinion when one can read it also differently. After Fukushima she and her government (backed by the coalition partner FDP) started a risk re-assessment process that involved two commissions (the reactor security commission and an ethics commission) that resulted in the government declaration below. Hence, the assessment was not done on a whim, it was backed by several months of work by experts. Could it still be a mere power play? Possible, but unlikely - she ran the risk of alienating her own party and to be seen as a flip-flopper. https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/service/bulletin/regierungserklaerung-von-bundeskanzlerin-dr-angela-merkel-793374 https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/service/bulletin/regi...