[semigroupoid]

The shutdown was essentially started when Angela Merkel, who is a member of the conservative CDU, was chancellor.

[tawm]

That's not true. The exit started in 2002, under a red/green government.

[hef19898]

True. And it was immediately reversed when Merkel's conservative government took over. And then again reversed by the same conservative led government after Fukushima.