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German election results tilt EU back toward nuclear energy

Pro-atomic countries are optimistic that center-right winner Friedrich Merz can help ease the EU’s never-ending nuclear spat.

They might not know it yet, but
Germans helped put one of the European Union’s oldest and most polarizing
debates to bed when they voted this past weekend. At least that’s the
hope from the EU’s pro-nuclear countries. That cabal of around a dozen
capitals is looking expectantly at Friedrich Merz, the center-right leader
who has vowed to ease the taboo on atomic power. Merz is in line to become
chancellor after his party won the most votes in Sunday’s election. That
could, in turn, ease a perpetual Brussels logjam blocking pro-nuclear
policy.

 Politico 24th Feb 2025 https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-election-eu-nuclear-power-energy/

February 27, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics