It was not about caving in but about democracy, that is to say respecting what a vast majority of electors wanted.
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29173164
Effects: https://x.com/HannoKlausmeier/status/1784158942823690561
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29173164
Effects: https://x.com/HannoKlausmeier/status/1784158942823690561
> government forcing it citizens to pay directly doesn't make it any less government funded
Sorry, I'm lost. What is "forcing it citizens to pay directly" referring to?
Your linked post is not an answer at all.
> Sorry, I'm lost. What is "forcing it citizens to pay directly" referring to?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARD_ZDF_Deutschlandradio_Beitr...
Essentially the government forces you into a contract that you have no say in that is totally not a tax. Because as a tax it would be illegal, so it can't be one.
A. Merkel was pro-nuclear (she holds a PhD in quantum chemistry). During the 2000's she tried hard to slow down the phase-out process, and extended reactors' life in September 2010.