German Chancellor Angela Merkel has argued Sunday his tax proposal of nuclear energy producers, while the German industry has united to oppose this proposal.

Angela Merkel hopes that this tax will yield 2.3 billion euros per year as part of its cost savings plan of 80 billion euros that the German Chancellor is determined to put in place to set an example to others countries in the euro area fiscal discipline.

"We have proposed a tax," she said during an interview with ZDF television, his first since returning from vacation.

"As long as there is no other proposal on the table (this) fee remains in place."

Angela Merkel said on ZDF that his government was talking with energy companies about other possible proposals.

On Friday, the industry has launched an offensive against Angela Merkel about his proposal for a tax on producers of nuclear energy, in an open letter urging to abandon this project at the risk of jeopardizing the future of Germany.

This particular initiative has been accompanied by members of one's own Christian Democrats (CDU) Chancellor of Germany in addition to leaders of major utilities to local governments.