The Brussels-based industry group nucleareurope has called on heads of state and government meeting in Alden Biesen in Flanders, Belgium, to rapidly support the deployment of clean, homegrown sources of energy and for EU financing and funding mechanisms to treat all clean technologies equally.

The group said energy-related policies must provide equal support to all clean and sovereign energy sources to ensure security of supply and affordability.

It called for “concrete actions” including an EU trade policy which ensures that European technologies compete on an equal footing with those from other parts of the world. It said the bloc needs to support manufacturing and supply located in Europe, regardless of a company’s country of origin.

Nucleareurope, which represents nearly 3,000 firms in the nuclear energy sector, said “strong support “should be provided to ensure the competitiveness of Europe’s industrial sectors.