Weber running for the free-market FDP is remarkable, as the party so far has not been known to support renewable energies much, and still harbours many pro-nuclear members who oppose the country's transition away from nuclear.
During Chancellor Angela Merkel's second term, from 2009-13, the FDP in government pressed for drastic cuts in feed-in tariffs for renewables and pushed through a 2.4-2.6GW
