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had to lol at praising Merkel. Well what _actually_ happened was that due to nuclear lobbying her cabinet decided in 2010 to stall the already decided exit by t
by nforgerit 4y ago
had to lol at praising Merkel. Well what _actually_ happened was that due to nuclear lobbying her cabinet decided in 2010 to stall the already decided exit by the former government under chancellor schröder (in 2004 ircc). Then 9 months later Fukushima happened and due to german angst in public polls she announced 3 days afterwards to make the nuclear exit even shorter than in the beginning which happened to be end of 2022. This all led to hefty fines (ircc couple billions) paid by tax payers.
- froh 4y agoI'd never thought I'd praise Merkel for anything. still her change of direction to a shorter exit was remarkable.
- nforgerit 4y agoWell I think she deserves praise for her actions around the refugee crisis around 2015 which took some guts on her side. But along with her erratic nuclear policies she left highly crusted public authorities, a failed energiewende towards renewables, a strategic disaster in terms of russian gas and a dysfunctional army among many other things. She always presented opportunism as a legit style of doing politics ("Politik der kleinen Schritte") oftentimes leading to absurd compromises and systematic short-sightedness. Her conservative party started copying US Republican tactics which harms the German system even more because it is much relying on compromises between political camps. For me the only remarkable attribute about her is her willingness to do anything to stay in power. I'd bet she didn't even know what for.