[nbadg]

This is a sensationalist piece of not-news.

The CSU/CDU Union party (from which Merz comes) has been, at least in recent historical time, consistently pro-nuclear (at least in terms of their actions). They have consistently voted to lengthen contracts with nuclear providers and consistently advocated for pro-nuclear policies, even when the power companies themselves had long since committed to ceasing all nuclear power production in Germany.

Additionally, the exit out of nuclear power was decided following public outcry after Fukushima -- ie, still squarely within the Merkel government. Merz has been consistently anti-Merkel.

So put into context, the article is saying "the current chancellor of Germany, Merz, thinks leaving nuclear behind was a strategic mistake!" while ignoring "whose party has consistently been pro-nuclear, whose predecessor, who (by the way) Merz doesn't like and frequently and loudly disagrees with, only presided over the decade-long phase-out in response to public outcry following a major nuclear disaster".

IMO this is about as newsworthy as what he ate for breakfast.

[moepstar]

I agree, and yet this is reported on, over and over.

Same like any bullcrap Söder comes up on any given day, no matter how absurd.

From a distance, it seems like the whole world agreed it'd be a good idea to only come up with ragebait over and over again :(