---
title: "Germany's Merz admits: It was a serious strategic mistake to exit nuclear energy."
description: "Friedrich Merz just plainly admitted: ditching nuclear was \"a serious strategic mistake\" and Germany's running the world's most expensive energy transition. \n\n\"At least 3 years ago we had to leave the last remaining nuclear power plants in Germany on the grid so that we at least had the power generation capacities we had at that time.\n\nWe have taken over something that we now have to correct. But we just don't have enough energy generation capacities.\"\n\nSource: Mario Nawfal on X"
---

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# [Germany's Merz admits: It was a serious strategic mistake to exit nuclear energy.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/germanys-merz-admits-it-was-a-serious-strategic-mistake-to-exit-nuclear-energy)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Jan 15, 2026, 3:47:47 PM

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