Atomic consensus

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The defining catchphrase atomic consensus was used in the German public to describe various attempts to solve the socially highly controversial problem of the use of atomic energy in a " consensus " between the business enterprises concerned and politics, represented by the federal government .

Approval of the agreements reached generally only includes the groups involved in the negotiations, but not the parliamentary opposition or other extra-parliamentary groups; So it is not a question of a consensus in society as a whole.

Agreements and laws

1993 to 1995

So-called energy consensus talks had already taken place in the 12th and 13th electoral terms under the Helmut Kohl government . Representatives of the federal and state governments as well as the parties supporting them and representatives of business were involved. The talks that took place from 1993 to 1995 did not lead to any consensus.

2000

In the 14th electoral term there was a change of government, so that the red-green federal government ( cabinet Schröder I ) took the subject on the agenda. The term atomic consensus is therefore most often used in connection with the "Agreement between the Federal Government and the Energy Supply Companies of June 14, 2000" (in short: "Agreement of June 14, 2000" ), with which the first red-green government at the federal level at the time initiated the nuclear phase-out in Germany and thus one of their central political concerns. The contract was signed on June 11, 2001 and legally secured in 2002 by the amendment of the Atomic Energy Act ; the amendment came into force on April 22, 2002.

For the energy company Viag , Gerald Hennenhöfer , the former (until 1998) reappointed head of the Reactor Safety Department of the Federal Environment Ministry, negotiated with the red-green federal government to phase out nuclear power.

2010

After the renewed change of government in the 17th electoral term , the political majorities changed. With reference to the original agreement and in principle as its continuation, albeit under a different sign ("exit from exit"), the new agreement between the black-and-yellow coalition that has been in office since 2009 and the four major energy companies was also used as an "atomic consensus" about the extension of the service life of German nuclear power plants from September 5, 2010. Once again there was legal protection, an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act ; this came into force on December 14, 2010.

2011

After the nuclear accident in March 2011 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant , the nuclear power critical side called for a "new nuclear consensus between government and opposition" as a future agreement with the aim of immediately taking the oldest reactors off the grid, which the agreement of June 14, 2000 for 2011 originally planned. The federal government and the black-yellow coalition that supported it finally agreed on May 30th to phase out nuclear power by 2022; then the last nuclear reactor should go offline. A corresponding law was passed in the Bundestag on June 30, 2011 with a large majority; except for the left-wing parliamentary group , all parties had already announced their approval in advance. In the roll-call vote , with 513 of 600 cast and valid votes (with 9 abstentions and 79 against) the “13th Law amending the Atomic Energy Act ”, which aims to end the use of nuclear energy and accelerate the energy transition.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Answer of the federal government to the small question of the MPs Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Bärbel Höhn, Hans-Josef Fell, other MPs and the parliamentary group BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN. (PDF; 71 kB) Printed matter 17/1382 (pdf). April 29, 2010, accessed January 24, 2012 .
  2. ^ BMWI : wording of the agreement of June 14, 2000. (PDF; 1.4 MB) June 14, 2000, archived from the original on September 15, 2011 ; Retrieved March 15, 2011 .
  3. ^ Atomic consensus has been signed , FAZ, accessed on July 20, 2015
  4. ↑ Hendrik Munsberg: Energy and Power. In: Berliner Zeitung . July 3, 2007, accessed January 24, 2012 .
  5. ↑ a b Veit Medick : SPD pioneer Eppler demands new atomic consensus (interview). In: Spiegel online . March 14, 2011, accessed March 15, 2011 .
  6. ↑ dpa: Röttgen was not involved in the atomic consensus. In: The time . September 15, 2010, accessed March 15, 2011 .
  7. ↑ dpa: Parliament wants to seal the nuclear phase-out. In: The time . June 30, 2011, accessed January 24, 2012 .
  8. ↑ 117th session of the German Bundestag (...) Result of roll-call vote No. 1. bundestag.de (pdf). June 30, 2011, archived from the original on August 12, 2011 ; Retrieved January 24, 2012 .