Green party ministers in Germany have been accused of lying about safety issues at the country’s nuclear power plants to ensure they were shut down, even as the war in Ukraine threatened European energy supplies.
A German media outlet has accused Green ministers in the country’s coalition government of covering up key technical reports that suggested keeping the nuclear plants open would have lessened the country’s energy squeeze in 2022.
Green ministers at the economy and environment ministries re-wrote documents to falsely suggest that retaining the power stations was “not tenable” on technical or security grounds.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz subsequently ordered the operation of the plants to be extended by three months to April 2023 but after that point they were shut down as previously planned.
At the time, Germany’s decision to push ahead with the shutdown of its last nuclear power stations – leaving it even more reliant on gas and coal – was branded “madness” by critics.
However Green ministers, who were partners in the three-party coalition under Mr Scholz, continued to insist that keeping the nuclear plants open would be dangerous and irresponsible.
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The global "Green Party" movement is funded by the oil and gas industries.
@Politic4lFrankMountain2yrs2Y
German Greens as bad as Exxon.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Is it justifiable for politicians to prioritize long-term environmental goals over immediate national energy needs?
@9LVM2J32yrs2Y
I think it is very much justifiable if there are possible short-term stretches to nation energy needs that keep us going long enough to think of a new sustainable energy source.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
If you discovered your government hid information that contradicted their public stance, how would that affect your trust in them?
@9LWJ6NT2yrs2Y
I would hate to have that and not be happy at all. I would still have faith but never ever like the government more than ever.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Do you think the urgency of climate change allows for bending the truth to shut down nuclear power plants?
@9LVMSH22yrs2Y
Even if climate change is an extremely urgent threat, it is still necessary to go through the proper channels.
All the Greens of the west are really at war against recent technology. They live comfortably, yet in the silly, romantic heads they have dreams of bucolic, idyllic lifestyles without an industrial chimney in sight. In reality, without sufficient energy, cheap enough for everyone to afford, our lives would be nasty, brutish and short.It's an irony that millions enjoy the fruits of technological advancements, over the last few centuries, but without any understanding of the sciences, technologies or financial and legal structures that support them.
@PollsterGaryNo Labels2yrs2Y
Is anyone surprised?
The Greens are just as corrupt as any other politician to get their way.
Not only in Germany. The useful idiots in Scotland have been trying to shut down their economy too. Why anyone listens to Putin's useful idiots is beyond me. Doesn't the West recognize a Psyop anymore?
@PluckyLobbyistPatriot2yrs2Y
The dubious political tactics of Germany's Greens are no surprise. What is more interesting is the original decision of the increasingly discredited Angela Merkel who thought up the whole plan. Given that this left Germany ever more reliant upon Russian gas, it would be interesting for the true motivations of this DDR product to be more closely investigated.
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