1. Officially, on the books....nuclear energy is now finished in Germany. This past week....Bavaria (the state)....under the leadership of Soder (CSU)....took up the idea that they (the state of Bavaria) would like to take over the recently shut-down Isar-2 reactor, and run it in some fashion. To do this....the fed folks (SPD-Green-FDP) would have to amend the Act which says all nuke energy plants will be shut-down.
Reasoning here? Renewable energy by itself is not a absolute or proven 'path'. Most everyone seems optimistic that it will occur, but at this point....the CSU position (at least for Bavaria)...they want nuclear energy as an option, and they want continued research. Adding to it....there's still tons of 'waste' left and you need continued research into disposal methods.
Feds cooperating on this? No. The Greens have tied themselves to an absolute end.. This will be openly discussed, and no advancement on the request will occur.
2. Mass demonstration expected on 1 May in France....against the new French retirement age law (meaning you work to age 64). Could be one of the largest protests in decades.
3. The A-380 jumbo-jet was figured in the Covid era to be dead, and a fair number were taken off to be decommissioned. Well....this past week....Lufthansa said 14 of them were being activated again. Travel, at least around Germany, is returning to normal numbers.
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