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France accused of ‘unacceptable’ behaviour after demanding UK taxpayer cash for Hinkley nuclear.

Former energy secretary Chris Huhne says Paris must cover cost overruns

Jonathan Leake, 29 February 2024 •

 France’s demands for UK taxpayers to help fund Hinkley Point
C are “wholly unacceptable”, according to the former energy secretary
who helped develop the nuclear project. Chris Huhne, who was energy
secretary from 2010 to 2012, said he was “astonished and saddened” to
hear that both Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, and Luc
Rémont, chief executive of EDF, were pressing the UK to help with the cost
overruns.

Mr Huhne was a leading architect of the deal with EDF, France’s
state-owned electricity supplier, to build the nuclear power station. Under
the deal, finally signed off by Mr Huhne’s successor, Ed Davey, EDF was
responsible for all the estimated £18bn costs, with a start date of 2025.

Telegraph 29th Feb 2024

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/29/france-unacceptable-demand-uk-taxpayer-cash-fund-hinkley

March 3, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, politics international, UK