Nuclear Politics

Germany’s Merz Says Nuclear Phaseout Was ‘Huge Mistake’

By David Dalton
16 January 2026

Chancellor tells business group decision has had ‘strategic consequences’

Germany’s Merz Says Nuclear Phaseout Was ‘Huge Mistake’
Friedrich Merz said phasing out nuclear energy was ‘a serious strategic mistake’. Courtesy Friedrich Merz/X.
Germany’s decision to shut down all its commercial nuclear power plants was a “huge mistake” and has come at a high cost to the economy, chancellor Friedrich Merz said on 15 January, speaking to the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Dessau.

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