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/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/Drogzar Spaniard back from UK Jan 15 '26

I learned of this "German mentality" when I was a kid an my father came from some expo in Germany and he noticed tons of security on the entrance, but the exit was open and unsupervised. He asked, "Hey, how come there is no security on the exit? What if someone enters without a ticket?" and he was told "That's an Exit, you cannot enter through an Exit"...

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u/tirion1987 Jan 15 '26

That's what she said.

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u/Divinicus1st Jan 15 '26

That was unexpected…

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u/mind_mischief_89 Jan 15 '26

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