France’s Energy Minister Eric Besson is urging the European Commission to tackle the knock-on effects of Germany’s decision to abandon nuclear power, fearing energy supplies problems, in a letter seen Friday.
“Our national decisions can have a substantial impact on the balance between electricity demand and supply in other European Union nations,” Besson wrote, without referring specifically to Germany’s decision to go nuclear-free by 2022.
There should of course be a Europe-wide (or world wide) solution. It would not be fair for Germany (and Switzerland) to close down its nuclear reactors and then go and purchase the electricity from France’s nuclear industry.