Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : In a letter sent to the European Commission on Friday, seen by the Financial Times, ministers from 12 EU member states with nuclear reactors said it was "imperative" that the EU recognised the "complementary nature of nuclear and renewable energy sources".
59% : Germany, which covered more than 60 per cent of its electricity consumption with renewable energy last year, long opposed Paris' push to label atomic power as "green".
52% : Berlin has signalled to Paris it will no longer block French efforts to ensure nuclear power is treated on par with renewable energy in EU legislation, according to French and German officials.
50% : "It's a welcome rapprochement that will make the topic of energy easier in the EU," said Guntram Wolff, senior fellow at think-tank Bruegel.
44% : The move resolves a major dispute between the two countries that has delayed decisions on EU energy policy, including during the crisis that followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
40% : " Berlin's reversal on nuclear power is part of efforts by Merz to revive Franco-German co-operation, a precondition for major decisions at EU level that stalled under former chancellor Olaf Scholz.
38% : This meant that "all the biases against nuclear power, which still remain here and there in EU legislation, will be removed.

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