The CDU is not satisfied with the temporary continued operation of three German nuclear power plants until next spring. She fears that another extension will be necessary to ensure energy security in this country - and sees a need for action.
The Union parties CDU and CSU are demanding another stress test for the power supply in Germany from the federal government. "The federal government still believes that the energy crisis will be over next year. That is a fatal misjudgement," said the environmental policy spokeswoman for the Union faction in the Bundestag, Anja Weisgerber, of the "Augsburger Allgemeine".
The Union is urging that a further review for winter 2023/2024 should be commissioned later this month. According to Weisgerber, the result should be presented by the end of January next year at the latest.
The CSU politician expects that the remaining German nuclear power plants will be needed beyond the spring. "However, the federal government is just oversleeping the timely ordering of fresh fuel elements," she criticized.
At the beginning of November, the Bundestag decided to temporarily continue operating the last three German nuclear power plants to secure the power supply. The Meiler Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland should therefore remain in operation until April 15 next year, as the Bundestag decided with the votes of the traffic light groups SPD, Greens and FDP. In the course of the nuclear phase-out, it was initially planned that the power plants should be shut down at the end of the year.
At that time, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group had already proposed in its own application, in addition to a massive expansion of renewable energies, an extension of the service life for the last three German nuclear power plants until at least the end of 2024. The deputies justified this with the high electricity prices. The CSU parliamentarian Andreas Lenz accused Economics Minister Robert Habeck in particular of misinformation in the debate about the continued operation of the nuclear power plant: "Lies have short terms!"
