Nuclear, von der Leyen: “We need it alongside renewables”

In the EU “we need more renewables and clean energy. Renewables are free from carbon dioxide emissions and are produced in the EU. Alongside these we need a stable source, nuclear, and during the transition of natural gas”. For this “we will present our proposal”. This was stated by the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, at a press conference in Brussels after the European Council. For some time France, together with other countries, has been pushing to include atomic energy among the energy sources useful for the climate transition. Prime Minister Mario Draghi explained that “clearly the European Council on this”, that is, on considering atomic energy as green, “is very divided”.