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Germany decided this in the late 90s when Gerhard Schröder was in office, when Merkel came to power she tried to delay the closure but she was forced to revise
by cinntaile 5y ago
Germany decided this in the late 90s when Gerhard Schröder was in office, when Merkel came to power she tried to delay the closure but she was forced to revise that when Fukushima happened.
- sul_tasto 5y agoDoesn’t Gerhard Schröder have ties to the Russian gas industry?
- phatfish 5y agoThe anti-nuclear movement so clearly benefits Russian energy exports it's laughable. The definition of "useful idiot". Sure, in the years after Chernobyl it is expected there would be a genuine fear. But now we understand what went wrong and how to design safe reactors it is not a logical position.
- bell-cot 5y agoYes, infamously so.
- eCa 5y agoYes, he was heavily involved in the Nordstream pipelines and was/is a friend of Putin.
- ausudhz 5y agoSo a big part of the SPD is "pro Russia" They even asked to remove sanctions: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-german-climate-fund-set-out-help-russia-dodge-us-sanctions-2022-02-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-german-climate-f...
- this_user 5y agoHe didn't back then, and he wasn't the driving force behind the decision either, the Greens were. Stop trying to spin this into some sort of conspiracy.
- sul_tasto 5y agoIt was an honest question. I lived/studied in Germany back when he was chancellor, but I won’t pretend to know the ins and outs of German politics.