German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said a decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022 can make her country a trailblazer in renewable energy, and that the country would reap economic benefits from the move.
Germany is the biggest industrial power to renounce nuclear energy, in a policy reversal for the governing centre-right coalition and following the crisis at Fukushima in Japan, Merkel set up a panel to review nuclear power. The crisis, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami in March, led to mass anti-nuclear protests across Germany.
The anti-nuclear drive boosted Germany's Green party, which took control of the Christian Democrat stronghold of Baden-Wuerttemberg, in late March. Analysts say Mrs Merkel may be eyeing a future coalition with the Greens.
One thing I've learned over the years. If the Germans believe in something, they will make it happen, and when they do, others will follow. Usually too late.
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