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Germany sets the tone in Europe (at least financially) and used to refuse to pay for nuclear power which (since Fukushima) it does not want at home and which, d
by natmaka 1y ago
Germany sets the tone in Europe (at least financially) and used to refuse to pay for nuclear power which (since Fukushima) it does not want at home and which, deployed in other nearby nations, exposes it to risk.
I suspect a trade/swap: Germany will obtain something from France in return.
- barbazoo 1y agoI would say this started after Chernobyl. Long before Fokushima.
- natmaka 1y agoIndeed, however it was loosing traction to the point of "The phase-out plan was initially delayed in late 2010, when during the chancellorship of centre-right Angela Merkel, the coalition conservative-liberal government decreed a 12-year delay of the schedule". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Changes_to_phase-out_schedule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Chang... Protests weren't as strong as they used to be, and didn't change anything. Then the Fukushima major nuclear accident happened (march 2011), the population demanded a quick nuclear phase-out, and no subsequent government even only attempted to neglect it ( https://x.com/HannoKlausmeier/status/1784158942823690561 https://x.com/HannoKlausmeier/status/1784158942823690561 ).