The Ukraine war and Germany’s paradigm shift 24.08.2022

Deutsche Welle | Aug 24, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Sometimes big changes can be seen in small things.
  • Robert Habeck, the Green Party’s Economy and Climate Protection Minister, has had to restart coal-fired power plants that have been shut down because of restricted energy supplies from Russia — a break with Green taboos.
  • The last three reactors are supposed to be shut down at the end of the year as part of Germany’s nuclear phase-out — an issue close to the heart of the Greens.