Sweden sees red over Germany's energy policy

Putting diplomatic manners aside, Sweden's energy minister Ebba Busch has not minced words over what she thinks of Berlin's "irresponsible" energy policy. "I'm furious with the Germans," Busch told a press conference last week. Germany, then ruled by chancellor Angela Merkel, decided to close its last nuclear power stations in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011 -- a withdrawal completed in the spring of 2023. Having largely converted to renewable energies, Europe's largest economy is now...