Not running on Russian gas for a few more years might have some nonlinear effects around 2022 :-/

The original plan was to only shut the reactors down when enough renewable energy sources would be available to replace them. The Merkel government wanted to prolong the initially planned phase outs. Then Fukushima happened. Bad optics. So after pressure from the populace they instead of prolonging their runtime (as they wanted initially), they shut them down, but earlier than planned.

Get the facts straight.

This is false.

The topic was a calculated decision by her and her cabinet, based purely on fear mongering to gain voters.

Blaming the green party or even calling this "woke" sounds wrong.

So funny that the Green Party and Putin fit like hand in glove. Natural gas is somehow Very Good but nuclear is Very Bad.