French and German government ministers are in a dispute about the role of nuclear power in the EU’s quest for climate neutrality, Clean Energy Wire reported, quoting German daily Hamburger Abendblatt.
On Monday, France’s minister of economy Bruno Le Maire told the Funke Mediengruppe that Europe would “not achieve CO2 neutrality by 2050 without nuclear power.”
In response, German federal environment minister Svenja Schulze said that “a form of energy that imposes permanently immense costs and dangers on future generations cannot be sustainable.”
On Monday, France’s minister of economy Bruno Le Maire told the Funke Mediengruppe that Europe would “not achieve CO2 neutrality by 2050 without nuclear power.”
In response, German federal environment minister Svenja Schulze said that “a form of energy that imposes permanently immense costs and dangers on future generations cannot be sustainable.”
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