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German nuclear phase-out in 2011 and political motivations of CDU/CSU
Bundová, Klára ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the German nuclear phase-out in 2011 and political motivations of CDU/CSU. The main objective of this paper is to confirm or reject the statement that CDU/CSU was politically motivated in order to attempt to prevent large vote losses in the upcoming Landtag elections. Nuclear phase-out was not an entirely new development for Germany; there is a long tradition of a strong opposition to nuclear technology and already during the government of red-green coalition after 1998 the first nuclear phase-out was agreed. Nuclear energy was nevertheless considered to be a convenient bridging technology for CDU/CSU before Germany could fully rely on renewable sources of energy and belonged to the front supporters of nuclear energy. With the inauguration of the new federal government in 2009 formed by CDU/CSU and FDP, an amendment to the atomic law was agreed and the coalition managed to extend the operational lifespan of nuclear power plants. Their attitude to nuclear energy remained unchanged until the Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011, which provoked a U-turn in their policy and they suddenly decided to support nuclear phase-out. The official explanation of the government seems to be insufficient since in no other country had the Japan nuclear accident such a big impact....
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German nuclear phase-out in 2011 and political motivations of CDU/CSU
Bundová, Klára ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the German nuclear phase-out in 2011 and political motivations of CDU/CSU. The main objective of this paper is to confirm or reject the statement that CDU/CSU was politically motivated in order to attempt to prevent large vote losses in the upcoming Landtag elections. Nuclear phase-out was not an entirely new development for Germany; there is a long tradition of a strong opposition to nuclear technology and already during the government of red-green coalition after 1998 the first nuclear phase-out was agreed. Nuclear energy was nevertheless considered to be a convenient bridging technology for CDU/CSU before Germany could fully rely on renewable sources of energy and belonged to the front supporters of nuclear energy. With the inauguration of the new federal government in 2009 formed by CDU/CSU and FDP, an amendment to the atomic law was agreed and the coalition managed to extend the operational lifespan of nuclear power plants. Their attitude to nuclear energy remained unchanged until the Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011, which provoked a U-turn in their policy and they suddenly decided to support nuclear phase-out. The official explanation of the government seems to be insufficient since in no other country had the Japan nuclear accident such a big impact....
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Shifts in the CDU/CSU's Nuclear Energy Policy: A Path to the "Fukushima Reversal"
Landa, Martin ; Mynaříková, Romana (advisor) ; Nigrin, Tomáš (referee)
The Fukushima disaster sparked another series in the continuous German debate over the future of nuclear power and led to a major shift in the country's energy industry. The 2011 decision to abandon nuclear power nevertheless followed only a few months after the announced power plants' operation-extension. The aim of this paper is to examine, whether the CDU/CSU's post-Fukushima gradation reflects any constant developments in the party's policies. The author is looking at how nuclear policy of the Christian parties has been developing since the early stages of technological research in the 1950's until the Fukushima accident in March 2011. The paper outlines the shifts in the party's policy in the general context of German energy industry. This thesis provides an overview of CDU/CSU's approach towards the use of nuclear power and contributes to the understanding of the long- term tendencies behind the "Fukushima reversal."
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Europeanisation of Nuclear Policy
Krivošová, Martina ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Kuchařová, Alžběta (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with Europeanization of EU Member States in the field of nuclear policy. The aim of this work is to analyse the impact of Europeanisation through detailed analysis of the legal norms and laws approved by the Council and the European Parliament and further analysis of legal norms and the laws of a selected member country in the field of nuclear policy. For the purpose of this work and in-depth analysis the case study was based on the example of the Slovak Republic. Bachelor thesis confirms the hypothesis that despite the inclusion of nuclear energy policy (as part of energy policy) among the European Union's policies of shared competence, the European Union broadly restricts the autonomy of Member States in their own nuclear policy-making.
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