Merkel greener after nuclear phase-out

Germany's conservative-liberal government has resolved to phase out nuclear power by 2022. The move opens the way for a coalition between the conservative CDU and the Greens, writes the left-liberal daily Népszabadság: "Germany's next parliamentary elections take place in 2013, and Angela Merkel is bent on winning again. ... But to do that she'll need a third coalition partner. Her present junior partner, the liberal FDP, is at a low in the polls. The grand coalition with the Social Democrats functioned well but no one's shedding a tear over it now. That leaves the Greens, whose results in the polls have reached almost 20 percent in recent months. People used to call the CDU and the Greens 'arch enemies', and they themselves tend to cast each other as squares and hippies respectively. Merkel's political gesture shows she not only understands the voters' wish to turn their backs on nuclear energy after Fukushima, she has also removed the greatest obstacle to cooperation between the two parties."

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