# Merz government reopens a nuclear-energy debate after the 2023 shutdown

Date: 2025

In June 2025 the new government signalled research, import, and possible future-plant options after Germany’s last reactors closed in 2023. A debate is not a connected reactor. It is a completed energy-policy opening of his first months.

## People

- Friedrich Merz: https://factrail.ai/people/friedrich-merz

## Drivers

- Nuclear-Energy Deployment: https://factrail.ai/drivers/nuclear-energy-deployment

## Sources

- https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-shows-cracks-over-nuclear-energy/a-73067507

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-merz-nuclear-2025