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Nah we did that because the conservative government fucked up the energy transition so badly it's hard to not assume intent. Had we actually followed the 2000 plan and trajectory we'd already be self-reliant at least when it comes to electricity (Germany will always need imports for chemical feedstuff etc).
They delayed many measures so that the likes of RWE were given time to change their investments over to renewables because competition from non-gigantic companies is something they really don't like, that Fukushima nuclear exit is part of the delay strategy: First they extended the run-time of existing nuclear plants, with Fukushima they retracted that again in anticipation of political backlash, they never touched the law on there not going to be new plants.
They failed to make the network ready for renewables, like the badly needed north-south connection. Instead they rather blame everything on NIMBYs they a) incited themselves and b) could easily be pacified by burying cables. I get it you have an idyllic and scenic mountain village in a nice valley I wouldn't want to have pylons there, either. Not an unsolvable problem, though.
They even single-handedly destroyed the German solar panel industry, alongside with 80000 jobs.