like_any_other
6 hours ago
> AfD leaders frequently take positions favorable to the Kremlin, favoring a renewal of economic ties and gas imports and a cease of weapons aid for Ukraine. Their political opponents, however, have frequently accused them of acting not from conviction alone — but at the behest of Moscow. Greens lawmaker Irene Mihalic, for instance, last month called the party Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “trojan horse” in Germany.
If Politico has a an article calling the Green party's opposition to nuclear power a "position favorable to the Kremlin", I couldn't find it.
OKRainbowKid
4 hours ago
Why would you expect to find that? It doesn't make sense.
And accusing Politico, an Axel Springer brand, of being biased for the German green party is quite ironic.
like_any_other
4 hours ago
> Why would you expect to find that? It doesn't make sense.
Can you explain why it doesn't make sense? Closing nuclear plants, which forces replacing them with fossil fuels, which come from Russia, seems quite plain to me, and was entirely predictable (and was in fact predicted) ahead of time. Can you point out where I am making an error?
OKRainbowKid
an hour ago
I'll explain my reasoning, after you show that the decision to decommission nuclear plants (which was made about 10 years ago, by the conservative CDU) led to a significant increase in fossil imports from Russia, and that nuclear power would reduce dependency on Russia. As far as I'm aware, Russia is also an important source for nuclear fuel.
Additionally, just from a purely economic perspective, nuclear energy is not very competitive (if not just very expensive).
Also, just going by actual geostrategic standpoints, you would be hard pressed to find sympathy for Putins Russia in the green party, probably the least amongst all significant parties in Germany.
That's why I have a hard time understanding your original comment.