France and Germany Urged to Fix Nuclear Rift as Clock Ticks Down
- EU energy ministers in Luxembourg aim for deal Tuesday
- Electricity industry urges deal to scale up renewable power
Workers leaving the Bugey nuclear power station in France.
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Germany rejected the latest proposal to overhaul the European Union’s power market over fears that France could use it to unfairly benefit its nuclear industry and undercut prices across the bloc.
Time is running out for the two countries — the EU’s largest economies — to resolve their dispute over the role of nuclear power in Europe’s energy transition, or risk stalling the region’s green agenda.