The challenge is the gas supply, said the Greens politician. “And that’s why nuclear power isn’t the answer.”

In such “difficult decision-making processes” it is always important “that every step is based on facts,” said Baerbock. That’s why Economics Minister Robert Habeck (also Green) is currently examining the situation in a second stress test. “We’re waiting for the results.”

At the same time, she warned against the frivolous continued use of nuclear power beyond 2022: “It was not without reason that we in Germany got out of nuclear power.”