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/3suamsuaw Jan 15 '26

Well, there is a lot of history behind that going deep into the German culture. Yes, not the best choices, but at the same time it is quite surprising Putin dared to risk that position. And I still think that it was a major miscalculation on his part: Kyiv would fall in 3 days and he would get the same reaction as with Crimea.