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People gather near the decommissioned Gundremmingen nuclear power plant in southern Germany prior to the demolition of the plant's cooling towers on Oct. 25, 2025, as part of the country’s nuclear phase-out. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP via Getty ImagesCommentaryGermany was postwar Europe’s greatest economic success story....