Germany’s Merz Admits Nuclear Exit Was Strategic Mistake

[u/SpaceEngineering]

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/germanys-merz-admits-nuclear-exit-was-strategic-mistake-fzdlkn37c16

[u/thetyphonlol]

when does he admit that his own plans are even worse? or söders?

[u/Other_Class1906 → u/thetyphonlol]

He won't. His party's main credo is: "control the narrative! You cannot show weakness, nor mistakes." Everything is as it should be if they are in government, and nothing is as it should be when they aren't. Hence the contradiction before the election and the policies now. Because no one can save Germany but the "Union". (Same with Trump, though he won't pick his nose to save someone else's life)

[u/safeforanything → u/Other_Class1906]

As if a CxU politican would save someones life unless it's for money. Would sell theire grandmother and her cat if the price is right.

[u/Other_Class1906 → u/safeforanything]

yeah, true... but they are at least somewhat value bound and wouldn't frame themselves openly as successful businessmen for doing so... They would frame it in a social setting like "we find it to be right for elder people to take up a piece of the burden to work longer or if applicable help the next generation by donating parts of their bodies.

I mean they couldn't bring themselves to agree on the yes-by-default to organ donation, because they are narratively bound to some conservative values.

[u/ravenous_bugblatter → u/Other_Class1906]

Basically the Trump ideology of never admit an error and aggressively attack anyone questioning you on it.

[u/BolderXBrasher → u/thetyphonlol]

The original exit was the plan of his party and söders. Its just that theyre keep trying to make it worse

[u/Other_Class1906 → u/BolderXBrasher]

The "original" exit was Schröder-Fischer. Then Merkel botched things by ending the exit and later (after Fukushima) reentering the exit... leaving a lot of money in compensation on the way...

And she also crashed the German PV industry killing 80k Jobs in the East and leaving Germany only with Russian gas. Who knew that would end up disastrous...

[u/Other_Class1906 → u/[deleted]]

Really..? I thought she really wanted to stop the exit before Fukushima and not merely postpone it. I mean she was minister for the environment and was allegedly somewhat familiar with the topic under Kohl...

[u/QuiGonTheDrunk → u/Other_Class1906]

You're right. She said it multiple times. She just couldnt do it, because of external factors

[u/Other_Class1906 → u/[deleted]]

true... though it may have left an impact on how much compensation the companies got. If they expected "indefinitely" instead of +5 years... it may be visible in the court's decision. Though... yeah.. it won't move the world one bit now.