Germany's transport minister called for an expert committee to examine whether the lifespan of the country's nuclear plants should be extended, reopening a row within Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition.
Germany's rush to free itself from imported Russian fuels after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine spurred calls for the country's three remaining nuclear plants to be kept open rather than shut at the end of 2022.
"We need an expert answer to the question of how we can ensure we have stable and affordable energy supplies while also achieving our climate protection goals," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Monday evening.
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