The German government has said it will not reverse its nuclear phase-out plans before next year's federal elections despite pressure from some conservatives.
Government spokesman Thomas Steg made the comments just days after a working group at the Economy Ministry recommended that the working lives of German atomic plants be extended by eight years. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats oppose the phase-out plans, but are bound by a deal with their coalition partners, the Social Democrats, to shut down Germany's 17 nuclear reactors by 2021. The working group, led by Economy Iraq open to German investment ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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