In Germany, anti-Nuclear campaigners celebrated as the country began winding down its three remaining nuclear power plants as part of a long-planned transition toward renewable energy. Some members of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government got cold feet about closing the Nuclear Plants as planned on 31 December last year, but in a compromise, Scholz agreed to a one-time extension of the deadline. Munich's mayor, Dieter Reite, supported the delay but admitted on Saturday that he was pleased with this weekend's shutdown. Greenpeace says that the advancement of clean energy technology happened more quickly than previous German governments had expected, but that government in-fighting could de-rail progress.

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