Germany’s Merkel backs nuclear exit within a decade

ANDECHS, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday backed proposals to shut down all of the country’s 17 nuclear power plants within about a decade. Speaking at a meeting of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Bavarian sister party to her conservatives, Merkel said a 2022 date proposed by the CSU was appropriate and that her government will eventually fix a date for Germany’s nuclear exit. [More]

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Germany’s Merkel backs nuclear exit within a decade