"According to the survey commissioned by Der Spiegel, carried out by the online polling firm Civey, only 22 percent of those surveyed are in favor of shutting down the three nuclear plants that are still in operation in Germany -- Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland -- as planned at the end of the year."

"Seventy-eight percent of those surveyed are in favor of continuing to operate the plants until the summer of 2023, a variant that is being discussed in the political sphere as a 'stretch operation' -- in other words, continuing to keep them online for a few months, but without the acquisition of new fuel rods."

"Sixty-seven percent are in favor of continuing to operate the nuclear plants for the next five years, with only 27 percent opposed to it."

"On the question of whether Germany should build new nuclear power plants because of the energy crisis, 41 percent of respondents answered 'yes,' meaning they favor an approach that isn't even up for debate in Germany."

Germany sees tidal shift in sentiment toward atomic energy

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