alt Hacker NewsGermany could have sourced from Niger - who's entire uranium supply chain is owned by hook and by crook by France's Orano.
> Natural gas is used heavily in chemistry and the steel industry
Absolutely, and Germany could have defended it's ability to access NatGas from outside Russia or the MidEast if they collaborated like France's TotalEnergie and their Indian JV partners did when expanding capacity in Mozambique and Angola.
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The reality is German politicians are a reflection of the German people (as you guys are fond of telling us Americans).
Germans would gladly choose vassalage instead of restarting and expanding conscription, investing in industrial subsidizes, and adopting a hard power foreign policy strategy.
Merz only started these kinds of policies in mid-late 2025, and while it is a good start, it is too little too late.
Germany used to have one of the most respected armed forces in NATO and was the linchpin of the Yugoslav Wars, but German voters decided to whittle away that legacy.
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Still outside of EU dependency. Who wants that if you can generate all in your own country via offshore and solar ? And Germany is already on the right path, the last several years at certain peaks, Germany actually had to export clean energy because it was generating too much.
Niger is at odds with France since the coup d'état 2023 and is considering selling to Russia. France itself is only a reliable partner until LePen gets into office.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/07/t...
Mozambique and Angola are together to small to be replacement for Russia. In addition both already supply the European gas network and thereby Germany. Shortening supply will always increase prices.
German politicians are indeed a reflection of their people, as it’s suppose to be the case.