On February 23, 2025, the Bundestag members were elected by the German people 
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.The party with the most representatives, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), forming the CDU/CSU, will build a governing coalition to hold a parliamentary majority
CDU/CSU already refused to form a coalition with the far right party AfDn therefore it’s likely to see one of the coalition represented below to be formed by Easter.
Now regarding the impacts of this new political scene on nuclear energy, we can first refer to the CDU/CSU’s programme where can read:
“We remain committed to nuclear power.We are focusing on research into fourth- and fifth-generation nuclear power, small modular reactors and fusion power plants.We are studying the possibility of resuming operation of recently closed nuclear power plants.”
However, considering the political situation and the views of nuclear experts in Germany, it’s not likely that they will be able to reopen the recently closed nuclear power plants. In fact even the companies that operated them don’t support it.
Regarding the “new developments in the nuclear field, whether it is research or later industrial manufacturing” our German member, Jo Leinen, who is a former member of the European Parliament (SPD) thinks that “the conservatives want to be part of the technological race”.
Another member of Nuclear Transparency Watch, Dr. Hauke Doerk a consultant for radioactivity and energy policy at the Umweltinstitut München e.V. also thinks that research in new generation nuclear, SMR and Fusion is likely continued to be funded.
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