Tue, Jun 29, 2021
After a tsunami wave led to an explosion in some reactor units at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, Chancellor Angela Merkel abruptly changed her policy. A few months after her government extended the operating lives of nuclear power plants in Germany, she went in the opposite direction.
Tue, Jun 29, 2021
Once again, Angela Merkel has decided to stand for election as chancellor in 2017. It is to be her fourth term in office. During a visit to Berlin, outgoing U.S. President Obama also urged her to run again. He said someone in the Western camp must be able to stand up to the newly elected U.S. President Trump.