The decision to phase out nuclear power generation, a move that drove energy prices higher, was deeply misguided, the chancellor has said The German government made a “serious strategic mistake” by phasing out nuclear power, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated. Germany shut down its last three nuclear reactors in April 2023, implementing a parliamentary plan decided after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Speaking at the New Year’s reception of the Halle-Dessau Chamber of Industry and Commerce on