2025. 4월 4일자. 핵발전소 재도입 찬성 55%, 반대 36%, 미결정 9%한편, 다른 형태의 재생에너지에 지속적인 투자 찬성 57%, 17%는 반대
4월 4일자.
핵발전소 재도입 찬성 55%, 반대 36%, 미결정 9%
한편, 다른 형태의 재생에너지에 지속적인 투자 찬성 57%, 17%는 반대
독일 핵발전소 폐쇄 결정 과정.
사민당-녹색당 연정 당시 쉬뢰더는 1998년까지 핵발전소 폐쇄를 결정했었고, 기민당 (기사련,자민당) 메르켈은 2009년까지 연장.
2011년 일본 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후, 메르켈은 정책을 선회해 원전 폐쇄를 결정했다.
그 이후 사민-녹색-자민당 ‘신호등’ 연정에서 올라프 숄츠 수상은 2023년 초기까지 나머지 원전들을 폐쇄하기로 결정.
German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
Jon Shelton with AFP, dpa
04/04/2025April 4, 2025
Some 55% of Germans favor a reversal of nuclear policy according to a marketing poll. The issue has been a point of contention between parties seeking to form a coalition government.
Steam rises from the cooling tower of the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Germany
Off again, on again? Nuclear enrgy is an issue that has vexed previous German governments and is influencing coalition talks nowImage: Michael Probst/AP Photo/picture alliance
A new poll released Friday by the marketing company Innofact found that 55% of Germans questioned were in favor of a return to nuclear power.
The issue of nuclear energy has vexed German politics for some time, and it has been a sticking point in current ongoing coalition negotiations between Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD).
What did the poll say about nuclear power?
Beyond the 55% in favor, 36% said they opposed a return to nuclear energy and 9% were undecided.
More than six in ten men favored a return, while less than half of women did.
북서부 보다는 남동부 독일에서 찬성비율이 높음
There were geographical differences, with the idea more popular in southern and eastern Germany than in the north and west.
A total of 22% said only the most recently shuttered reactors should go back online, and 32% said new reactors should be built.
The survey found 57% of respondents in favor of continued investment in other forms of renewable energy, with only 17% opposed and the rest undecided.
The pollsters, Dusseldorf-based Innofact, questioned 1,007 Germans in March 2025 and garnered responses from individuals aged 18-to-79. The poll was published on the website of Verivox, which offers consumer information, mainly regarding energy, telephone and insurance prices.
What might the new government do?
At the moment, the CDU/CSU is looking into "whether a return to service for the most recently decommissioned nuclear reactors would be technically and financially feasible considering their current individual state."
The SPD says it is not interested in getting nuclear power plants back online.
The Greens, too, spoke out against a reversal of policy. Party co-chair Franziska Brantner recently told the television show Welt, "We're on a good track, it would be best for our country and our businesses if we would steadfastly continue along that path without flip-flopping every couple of weeks."
That back-and-forth has a history, with Gerhard Schröder's SPD-Green coalition deciding to phase out nuclear energy back in 1998, but Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU/FDP government extending their lifetime considerably in 2009.
One major U-turn was initiated by Merkel herself, who, in a surprise move, reversed policy in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, speeding up the phase-out.
사민당-녹색당 연정 당시 쉬뢰더는 1998년까지 핵발전소 폐쇄를 결정했었고, 기민당 (기사련,자민당) 메르켈은 2009년까지 연장.
2011년 일본 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후, 메르켈은 정책을 선회해 원전 폐쇄를 결정했다.
그 이후 사민-녹색-자민당 ‘신호등’ 연정에서 올라프 숄츠 수상은 2023년 초기까지 나머지 원전들을 폐쇄하기로 결정.
After having their operations temporarily extended by Olaf Scholz's SPD/Green/FDP coalition government, Germany's last nuclear power plants were taken offline in early 2023.
Edited by Richard Connor
