and on monday, vice chancellor robert harvick answered that question. master ender? yeah, legally are lost at the end of the regular term of the nuclear power plants. we will transfer the to southern german reactors to a reserve so that they can be used again or continued to be used if the situation demands it. and we're not sacrificing that option. this is a balancing decision because i have said this is a high risk technology that should be phased out by the end of the year. and i believe it is both an acceptable and unnecessary decision. and i will propose it to the government and coalition partners. most of this is a difficult step for the green party in government. they have always called for nuclear power to be faced out as quickly as possible, but they are facing others in the opposition. notably from the conservative christian democrats who say, nuclear power should be used to play a greater role in energy production. given the situation, the crisis forced on europe, particularly germany, given the dependence on russian fossil fuels. mr. har back is clear, he

that in the course of the next 15 to 20 minutes, the vice chancellor, the green vice chancellor, robert harvick, is going to publicize the results of stress tests that have been performed on the 3 remaining nuclear reactors in this country to see if they might be prolonged in operation it is being reported that he is going to say that 2 of the 3 will be prolonged and held as an emergency reserve, as it were now. it is worth stressing that these are just reports from reputable agencies. it has to be said, but they are just reports. and the perspective here is that those 3 reactors have been providing around 6 percent of all the energy generated in germany. certainly that was the case in the 1st 3 months of this year. so that if it is correct, that too would remain potentially in use. then they might provide up to 4 percent extra energy for germany between january of next year and mid april, which is the time frame that these reports suggest is operative. of course sir, jeremy like any other european nation has to really think about its long term energy policy, the goals and how they're actually