Try this:
ge-2/1/2 { description "--- UPLINK TO TNDM-METR-SW1 G1/5 NNI-TRAFFIC ---"; flexible-vlan-tagging; mtu 9000; encapsulation flexible-ethernet-services; unit 1976 {
encapsulation vlan-bridge; vlan-id 1976; family bridge { interface-mode trunk; inner-vlan-id-list [ 345 456 ];
It looks like you forgot to set encapsulation for unit 1976: