France Pitches Plan to End EU Nuclear-Energy Deadlock With Germany
- Paris leads EU efforts to extend life of reactor fleet
- Germany’s own compromise plan shows little room for quick deal
The Nuclear power plant of Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux in France.
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France and eight other European nations dependent on nuclear energy put forward their plan to break the deadlock over state support to extend the life of aging reactors.
Now comes the hard part: winning over Germany, which is concerned that those efforts could undercut prices in its economy, Europe’s largest. Berlin has floated its own vision in search of a breakthrough, but the two sides remain far apart ahead of a meeting of energy ministers on Oct. 17.