14/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - Referendum on Italy's abandonment of nuclear power: Greens hail blow delivered to Berlusconi. “We congratulate the Italians (on saying no to nuclear power)! After the catastrophe in Fukushima, Italy is, after Germany and Switzerland, the third country in Europe to turn its back on nuclear energy. As things now stand, a majority of EU member states either don't use nuclear energy or have decided to phase out this high risk technology. The time has now come for...