٠٠:٠٣:٣٠Germany: 'Climate policy fiasco' - Bundestag discusses future of national nuclear energy sector ahead of phase-out
Members of the German parliament discussed the future of nuclear power in the country on Friday, 15 days before the closure of the last three remaining power plants.
During the parliamentary session in Berlin, representatives of the main parties expressed their take on Germany's nuclear phase-out.
"April 15 will not go down in history as a positive end to nuclear power in Germany, but as a climate policy fiasco and the beginning of Germany's deindustrialization" said Alexander Engelhard, Member of Parliament for CDU/CSU.
"Nuclear power is booming. France wants to build 14 new nuclear power plants, Poland six, Netherlands two, the Czech Republic two, Slovakia two, Hungary two, the United Kingdom four, and so on; and what is our government doing?" said Rainer Kraft, Member of Parliament for AfD.
"We are open to further development and strongly recommend researching further development of the technology with our other European partners", said CDU/CSU parliamentary Klaus Wiener. "However, we see no future for nuclear power based on current technology, so we cannot approve your law or your proposal", he added.
In mid-October German Chancellor Olaf Scholz postponed the nuclear phase-out temporarily due to an acute energy crisis. Nevertheless, according to loca media, Minister of Ecology Steffi Lemke confirmed that the last three operative German nuclear plants will be shut down on 15 April.
٠٠:٠٣:٣٠Members of the German parliament discussed the future of nuclear power in the country on Friday, 15 days before the closure of the last three remaining power plants.
During the parliamentary session in Berlin, representatives of the main parties expressed their take on Germany's nuclear phase-out.
"April 15 will not go down in history as a positive end to nuclear power in Germany, but as a climate policy fiasco and the beginning of Germany's deindustrialization" said Alexander Engelhard, Member of Parliament for CDU/CSU.
"Nuclear power is booming. France wants to build 14 new nuclear power plants, Poland six, Netherlands two, the Czech Republic two, Slovakia two, Hungary two, the United Kingdom four, and so on; and what is our government doing?" said Rainer Kraft, Member of Parliament for AfD.
"We are open to further development and strongly recommend researching further development of the technology with our other European partners", said CDU/CSU parliamentary Klaus Wiener. "However, we see no future for nuclear power based on current technology, so we cannot approve your law or your proposal", he added.
In mid-October German Chancellor Olaf Scholz postponed the nuclear phase-out temporarily due to an acute energy crisis. Nevertheless, according to loca media, Minister of Ecology Steffi Lemke confirmed that the last three operative German nuclear plants will be shut down on 15 April.