German nuclear scuffle: Scholz cracks down, insists on keeping all plants

Euractiv | Oct 17, 2022 at 9:42 PM
  • Chancellor Olaf Scholz has cracked down on his infighting government coalition, using his constitutional final say to resolve the dispute over the continued operation of nuclear power plants amid an energy crisis.
  • The last three German nuclear power plants, slated to be shut down at the end of the year, have been a contentious topic in Berlin for weeks.
  • Just days before, the Greens’ party convention decided against keeping all three nuclear power plants on the grid.