In her State of the Union address on Wednesday 10 September, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left no room for doubt that nuclear power would be recognised as an integral part of the EU’s energy policy, alongside renewable energies.
“We need to generate more homegrown renewables, with nuclear power as a baseload”, she told MEPs in the European Parliament Chamber in Strasbourg.
This is a change of tone from her last State of the Union address in 2023,...