17/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - De Gucht a “rationalist”. Although Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht acknowledged that the nuclear crisis in Japan had reopened debate in Europe on the merits of nuclear energy, as reported in the Australian daily, The Australian, he said that, “as a rationalist”, he would “rather wait for a full analysis of what had happened in Japan so that discussions could be based on facts and not sentiments”. (E.H./transl.jl)