Support for Ending German Nuclear Power Wanes – Glos

Support for Germany’s programme to phase out nuclear energy is waning, Economy Minister Michael Glos said on Tuesday amid a heated national debate on the policy.

The argument centres on whether the country’s five-year-old legislation, aimed at closing all reactors by the early 2020s, should be reviewed now that protecting the climate and safeguarding energy supply have risen to the top of the political agenda.
“In my view, sooner or later there will be changed majorities on this … the point in time is not yet clear but you could already now explain a change of direction,” Glos said in a speech to an energy conference.

High oil prices and the uncertainty of gas supplies, as Germany fears becoming too dependent on foreign sources such as Russia, were arguments in favour of nuclear power, he said.

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