A group of six MEPs led by France’s Christophe Grudler (Renew Europe) launched on Thursday 25 November a network of MEPs to facilitate a discussion between the different groups in the European Parliament on the future of nuclear power in Europe.
“It will not be possible to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal without a share of nuclear in the overall energy mix. Therefore, our club was created specifically to find concrete political solutions in this sense”, said Mr Grudler, supported by Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D, Bulgaria), Tomas Tobé (EPP, Sweden), François-Xavier Bellamy (EPP, France), Karin Karlsbro (Renew Europe, Sweden), and Alexandr Vondra (ECR, Czech Republic).
This group of pro-nuclear MEPs will organise regular meetings and events to discuss nuclear issues, with three priorities: (1) inclusion of nuclear power in the EU taxonomy, (2) production of decarbonised hydrogen, (3) research and innovation to reduce nuclear waste.
Mr Grudler will be the President of the network. Ms Penkova, Mr Tobé, Mr Bellamy, Ms Karlsbro, and Mr Vondra will serve as Vice-Chairmen. (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)