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German government shows cracks over nuclear energy
28 Jun 2025 06:22 GMT
… 27 EU states operate nuclear power plants, with France having … Angela Merkel moved to phase out nuclear energy after … Environment Ministry on nuclear energy issues was already … the many nuclear power plants. In fact, nuclear power plants emit little …
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What 16 years of Merkel left us with
01 Jul 2025 23:15 GMT
… ’s nuclear power plants.
It’s a familiar refrain: “Everything is Merkel’s … of the nuclear power plants, nuclear energy has always been unpopular in Germany. Merkel was initially … I believe was a mistake. Nuclear energy is extremely expensive, especially …
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From Carthage To Berlin, A Modest Proposal
17 Jul 2025 14:13 GMT
… In particular, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In 2015, as the leader … immigrants for decades, and now Merkel had opened the door to … spawn of Germany and were Merkel’s fellow travelers when … shuttered the last of its nuclear power plants and is well on its …
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German poll: majority for return to nuclear energy
04 Apr 2025 13:02 GMT
… the most recently decommissioned nuclear reactors would be technically and … phase out nuclear energy back in 1998, but Angela Merkel… of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, … Germany's last nuclear power plants were taken offline in …
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German election fact check: reactivating nuclear power plants
05 Feb 2025 15:43 GMT
… end of the use of nuclear energy to generate electricity in Germany … under the leadership of Angela Merkel's CDU/SPD …
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Friedrich Merz’s Failed Quest to Be a New Angela Merkel
23 May 2025 19:30 GMT
… that defined the Merkel years. Under Merkel, the CDU had … -sex marriage, phasing out nuclear energy, and accepting over a … convictions than on emulating Merkel’s pragmatism — ironically … have fundamentally changed since Merkel’s era. Her chancellorship …
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Is giving old reactors new life the future of nuclear energy?
04 Mar 2025 03:49 GMT
… of bringing recently shuttered nuclear power stations back online. Around 217 … all of its 54 nuclear reactors following the Fukushima disaster … the nuclear power plant.
But Tokyo is now banking on nuclear energy to … pushing through with a Merkel-era promise to …
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German Energy Policy Seeks Pragmatism
15 Jul 2025 16:27 GMT
… Chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel, cheap Russian gas became a … course. “We hold on to nuclear energy,” the party platform insisted, saying … of the most recently decommissioned nuclear power stations.”
But this pro-nuclear position …
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It's time for Germany to admit its mistake on nuclear energy
26 Dec 2024 12:05 GMT
Angela Merkel’s freshly released autobiography … Germany’s frantic withdrawal from nuclear energy in favor of Russian gas … , but their completion of Merkel’s accelerated nuclear exit was … climate targets without nuclear power,” Merkel insists in her memoir. …
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We have nothing to fear from nuclear energy
17 Dec 2024 06:20 GMT
… accident led chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear … seemed to show how dangerous nuclear power plants could be. And now, … Point C, the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain … if plans to increase our nuclear-energy provision come off. The …