In the face of huge opposition – both in the polls and on the streets of Germany [http://weblog.greenpeace.org/nuclear-reaction/2009/09/50000_say_nein_danke_to_nuclea.html] – Chancellor Angela Merkel has again outlined her nuclear ambitions [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=as9F1MHi6CgE]…

In a town-hall-style meeting in Cologne three weeks before elections, Merkel told voters that prolonging the phase-out that’s planned for 2020 is “justifiable” to avert having to import power from nuclear sources in other European Union states. Utilities including RWE AG and E.ON AG have pressured the government to let them keep nuclear plants running longer.

With just over two weeks to go before Germany’s national elections, pressure is still needed to make sure the new German government does not make a historic mistake by giving a nuclear lead to the rest of the world.

If further inspiration is needed, here’s a slideshow of photos taken at the anti-nuclear power demonstration in Berlin on September 5 which was attended by 50,000 people…