That looks more like a somewhat recent thing. There is the Ademe study, which showed that renewable would be a good idea for France. Which was swept under the t

That looks more like a somewhat recent thing. There is the Ademe study, which showed that renewable would be a good idea for France. Which was swept under the table, because it didn't fit Macrons idea of going full speed nuclear. https://www.reuters.com/article/france-nuclearpower-idUSL8N1YF5HC https://www.reuters.com/article/france-nuclearpower-idUSL8N1... Maybe having a sizeable renewable fleet would have helped to avoid much of the problems France has now. But i guess they also had a government playing that back and forth game... There was also a lot going on there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Histor... So, putting all blame on Germany alone doesn't really fit the history. Oh, and we're also net exporter of energy for many years now: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331853/electricity-imports-exports-germany/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331853/electricity-impo...