Deutsche Welle reports today: "German Chancellor Merkel recently pointed out that phasing out nuclear power is a serious strategic mistake. The current high energy costs in Germany should be attributed to former Chancellor Merkel and her subsequent coalition government.
He said: "We are currently undergoing energy transition in the most expensive way in the world. I don't know of any other country that has made energy transition so difficult and so expensive as Germany. We set ourselves a goal, and now we have to correct it, but we don't have enough power generation capacity."
Comment: The criticism from Merkel essentially represents a political reckoning with the hasty decision to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear accident during Merkel's era. This decision was already mixed with election calculations and pressure from the Green Party, rather than a rigorous energy strategy; after the Russia-Ukraine conflict, losing Russian gas and the complete withdrawal of nuclear power base load, Germany has fallen into a double trap of "high-priced gas purchases and high-priced green electricity subsidies," severely undermining energy sovereignty and industrial competitiveness.
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