Scholz justifies nuclear phase-out decision at committee hearing

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2025-01-17

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday defended his government's decisions in 2022 regarding the country's nuclear phase-out before the Committee of Inquiry, affirming that the exit from nuclear energy was the right move. Scholz told the committee that extending the operating life of nuclear power plants would have contradicted the long-standing consensus of previous governments. The committee has been investigating the German......

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