EU countries must free themselves from dependence on the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, according to a study published on Thursday 25 April at the request of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament.
The study on nuclear energy ('The looming dependency on Rosatom in the EU') shows in particular how the Russian state-owned Rosatom group exerts political pressure over Central and Eastern European countries, such as Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia as well as Finland and Lithuania.
One exception is Poland. If it continues to rely on nuclear power, it does not want to become dependent on Russia. Dependence on the Russian state-owned company Rosatom is reflected in close personal ties, corruption and political influence, as the author of the study describes, using the example of the Finnish nuclear power plant Hanhikivi.
MEP Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, Netherlands) said that to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants in Central and Eastern Europe, Finland, the Baltic States and neighbouring countries, “we need independent and transparent supervisory authorities”. He wants the European Energy Union to free itself from Russian political influence and from nuclear power.
To read the study: https://bit.ly/2YsXzJH. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)