The decision to wind down nuclear was made almost 10 years before Fukushima and it was Merkel who initially postponed the decision. Once Fukushima happened they

The decision to wind down nuclear was made almost 10 years before Fukushima and it was Merkel who initially postponed the decision. Once Fukushima happened they figured it wasn't such a hot idea to have decades old plants running. So it has nothing to do with hip.