EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called Europe’s turn away from civilian nuclear power a “strategic mistake”, arguing that the Middle East war had exposed the continent’s fossil fuel “vulnerability”. “It was a strategic mistake for Europe to turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emission power,” she said at the opening of a nuclear energy summit just outside Paris as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered its second week.
“For fossil fuels, we are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports. They are putting us at a structural disadvantage to other regions,” she said at the summit, which aims to boost the use of civilian nuclear energy.
“The current Middle East crisis gives a stark reminder of the vulnerability it creates,” she added.
“We have home-grown low-carbon energy sources: nuclear and renewables. And together, they can become the joint guarantors of independence, security of supply, and competitiveness — if we get it right.”
AFP
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