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Meh, FWIW, I think most of the Greens just resisted publicly to appease their base, but didn't really. Habeck has been running around arranging gas deals with UAE and Qatar, and Baerbock has been shipping weapons to the Ukraine, both of which would have been unthinkable for Green's just a year ago. He has scolded the public for wanting unrealistic energy solutions.
Apparently the issue was resolved in four minutes when the cabinet met; hardly the sign of firm opposition.
Perhaps I'm too optimistic, and the anti-nuclear segments are too strong, but I think the Greens have grown up somewhat, due to actually having power and having to deal with a crisis.
Also, the country is facing up to the fact that it's likely to be a tough winter -- many townships in Bavaria are putting out disaster preparedness advisories, warning of potential power and water outages.
Eh, really? I've been under the impression that the Greens are the "American lapdog" party first and foremost for far longer than that. They've been called the "olive greens" (as in the colour of military uniforms) in certain circles all the way since a Green minister of foreign affairs (Joschka Fischer) made us go to Afghanistan in 2001. If the US government went as far as saying explicitly that Germany must leave its NPPs open (which I imagine would happen if they lost faith in Germany's ability to continue manufacturing support for Ukraine otherwise), I'm sure the Greens would quickly find a way to square the ideological circle there.
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