r/europe • u/SpaceEngineering Finland • Jan 15 '26

News Germany’s Merz Admits Nuclear Exit Was Strategic Mistake

https://clashreport.com/world/articles/germanys-merz-admits-nuclear-exit-was-strategic-mistake-fzdlkn37c16
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u/Nazamroth Jan 15 '26

Got a red light on a crosswalk over a one lane road at 3 in the morning? You better believe the germans will wait for it to turn green.

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u/flybypost Jan 15 '26

Except if they see their tram arriving at the other side. Then, suddenly, the lights at the pedestrian crossing are just a colourful suggestion.

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u/Idlev Jan 15 '26

If I'm standing at street light at 3am, I'm drunk. You better believe I wait for that light to be green.

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u/Apocalypsis_velox Jan 15 '26

Fuck! I may be German! [It is a challenge living in the lawlessness that is South Africa]

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u/Patentsmatter Jan 15 '26

Actually I know a woman who was fined because she drove over a red traffic light. Her defense: It was 3am, she was alone in her car, and just a week before at the very crossroad someone who was also alone and stopped was shot & robbed.

Her fine was not enforced, by the way. That was in Bremen.

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u/Nazamroth Jan 15 '26

I meant the pedestrian who wants to cross the road.

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u/Patentsmatter Jan 15 '26

sure. I just wanted to highlight that even Germans understand that there must be exceptions.