Germany should build as many nuclear plants as possible, Fatih Birol proclaims.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s admission that Germany’s nuclear phase-out was a “serious strategic mistake” has won an emphatic endorsement from Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency. In an interview with Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, of which POLITICO is part, Birol said he was “very pleased” to hear Merz’s words. To him, the chancellor’s self-critique is a signal that German energy policy may be heading in “a safer and more sensible direction.”

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    Every modern build project is over time and massively over budget.

    This is normal for all major engineering projects.

    We have better options now. It’s just another attempt to derail the push for renewables.

    We need all the clean energy we can get to meet demand. Saying “we have enough energy options” just shows your ignorance on the matter.

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      This is normal for all major engineering projects.

      Well, then maybe we should be honest to each other and just accept that it’s not going to be commercially viable?

      We need all the clean energy we can get to meet demand.

      Oh, don’t even start with this “clean nuclear” gas lighting.