France is leading a coalition of countries holding up agreement on EU-wide targets for renewable energy as it pushes efforts for better treatment of its nuclear industry.

Formal approval of the bloc’s renewable energy directive was postponed following a last-minute objection by Paris, which wants further guarantees on low-carbon hydrogen derived from nuclear power.

Press reports said the vote, which was pulled from the agenda of an ambassadors’ meeting late on Tuesday, would have paved the way for the targets to become EU law following their approval in the European parliament.