Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz called the government's energy plan "madness" amid inflated prices. Chancellor Scholz fired back that the current crisis was caused by the policies of Merz's CDU party.
Olaf Scholz says Germany will survive the winter after decisive action to wean itself off Russian energy. But the conservative opposition has criticized the decision not to reconnect nuclear reactors as "madness."
Is the €65-billion relief package enough to cushion Germans against rising energy and food price hikes? The country is facing multiple challenges and the government and political opposition disagree on solutions.
Nuclear power has been celebrated, condemned, and banned in Germany. Now some are calling for it to make a comeback, but they are not being heard. Here's a look at the history of a love-hate relationship.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck wants to keep two nuclear power plants on standby to prevent electricity shortages this winter now that Putin has cut energy supplies. The Green Party will have to decide if it can reconcile this with the anti-atomic position that served as its genesis. Will the party revolt?