Chancellor Scholz's decision to extend nuclear lifespans is not well received by the Greens. Economics Minister Habeck advises his party to swallow the toad. In his opinion, the deadlock cannot be resolved otherwise.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck has called for the Chancellor's decision in the nuclear dispute to be followed. The fact that Olaf Scholz has now exercised his “maximum authority” on the question of the running times of the remaining three nuclear power plants is an “unusual solution to a stuck situation,” said Habeck on the ARD “Tagesthemen”. "He took the full risk, and then I'll promote the fact that we're going down this path now, because anything else wouldn't be politically responsible."
When asked what impression the dispute had made on the citizens, he said: "Probably not a good one and it was of no use either." Habeck expressed the hope that the traffic light coalition could now deal with other things again. "Hopefully more constructive then." At a party conference over the weekend, the Greens decided to support so-called stretching operations for the Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 kilns until mid-April 2023, as suggested by Habeck. The FDP had called for the third nuclear power plant in Emsland to be kept connected to the grid and for all three reactors to run until 2024.
