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Germany Shifts Stance on Nuclear Power in EU Policy
Germany, which has been opposing for years EU attempts to treat nuclear power as a green electricity source on par with renewable energy, has dropped this opposition under new chancellor Friedrich Merz, which could make EU energy policy much easier to adopt.
Germany under former chancellor Olaf Scholz was opposing treating nuclear on an equal footing as solar and wind in the EU’s goals and policy to achieve net-zero by 2050. The anti-nuclear camp was led by Germany and Austria and was dismissing nuclear as a “green” power source.
Now Merz’s Germany appears to be shifting its anti-nuclear stance on EU energy policies, French and German officials have told the Financial Times.
In April 2023, Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, ended the nuclear power era despite continued concerns about energy security and energy supply after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the end of pipeline natural gas deliveries from Russia, which was the largest gas supplier to Germany before the war.
Germany under former chancellor Olaf Scholz was opposing treating nuclear on an equal footing as solar and wind in the EU’s goals and policy to achieve net-zero by 2050. The anti-nuclear camp was led by Germany and Austria and was dismissing nuclear as a “green” power source.
Now Merz’s Germany appears to be shifting its anti-nuclear stance on EU energy policies, French and German officials have told the Financial Times.
In April 2023, Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, ended the nuclear power era despite continued concerns about energy security and energy supply after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the end of pipeline natural gas deliveries from Russia, which was the largest gas supplier to Germany before the war.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Germany-Shifts-Stance-on-Nuclear-Power-in-EU-Policy.html