France and Germany Show No Sign of Agreement on Role of Nuclear in Clean Energy
- French finance minister says nuclear energy is a red line
- German economy minister supports EU directive on renewables
The Penly nuclear power plant in Penly, Normandy, France.
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France and Germany are showing no sign of nearing a compromise on the role of nuclear energy in the European Union’s transition to cleaner energy, highlighting the challenge faced in reaching a deal in the coming weeks to push ahead with the bloc’s Green Deal package.
Paris wants to ensure the same treatment for power generated by its fleet of reactors as for that from sources such as wind and solar. This led it to hold up progress on an EU law aimed at scaling up renewables last week.