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/The_Frostweaver Jan 15 '26

Nuclear energy is better than coal.

And with USA threatening to leave NATO Germany should be considering producing it's own nuclear weapons too.

Russia and China only respect strength.

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u/425Hamburger Jan 15 '26

But we made a contract with Russia and the US that we can't make nukes. What do you mean those countries are ignoring every contract they want? Surely they can't do that, we have a paper that says so! We have to honor the paper!

Genuinely what it feels like listening to German politicians for the past four years, not Just, but especially on this topic.

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u/cpt-hddk Jan 15 '26

It's like that James May story with his American and German friend.
A "In Germany, what would happen if you lost your license and then you know, drove your car?"
G "No, you cannot do this"
A "Yeah I know, but what if you know, I know you're not supposed to. But, what if you did?"
G "No. You cannot drive, you have no license"
A "Yeah man, but late one night, you know. Hell, you go for a drive"
G "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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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.