Despite increasing criticism, even from the Social Democrats’ and Greens’ coalition partner in the Free Democratic Party, the German government is firmly committed to sticking to the announced final shutdown of nuclear power generation on April 15. Green Vice Chancellor, Economic Minister Robert Habeck told Funke media group today that the last three nuclear power plants would be shut down, and the energy and production cuts of “the last difficult winter … will continue in the future.… [T]he situation is under control.”
A new opinion poll done by the Institute for New Social Answers finds that 52% of the German population do not back the government policy, with only 37% wanting nuclear power to end and 12% undecided. That is a clear majority for the continuation of nuclear power generation to stay warm in the winter and cool in hot summers, and to have light whereby to read at night.
