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ER Editor: We’re doing a two-fer here, with reports on Germany and Belgium reversing course on nuclear power generation. Notice that these announcements are now being made shortly downstream of those power outages in Spain and Portugal in late April. Hmm. The globalist climate nonsense based on net zero and renewables is quite obviously dead.
You can’t tell people; they have to be shown.
This is from 3 years ago, but provides a useful perspective on where other countries have gone with respect to nuclear power, especially China and Russia —
Nuclear power plants operate in 32 countries. The US is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power, at about 70%. China has the fastest growing nuclear power programme with 13 new reactors under construction pic.twitter.com/KETIaU0K7z
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) April 5, 2022
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Belgium Flips Switch: Green Light for Nuclear Expansion
On Thursday, parliament repealed a 20-year-old ban on building new nuclear power plants.
EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVE NEWS
May 15, 2025
Belgium on Thursday officially abandoned plans to phase out nuclear power, with parliament voting to scrap a two-decades-old pledge and to allow for the construction of new reactors.
Lawmakers in Brussels backed the new conservative-led government’s plan to revive the country’s nuclear industry with 102 votes in favour, eight against and 31 abstentions.
Belgium’s 2003 nuclear phase-out law set closure dates for existing reactors and banned new ones. Though efforts to repeal it have failed for years, Thursday’s vote has now paved the way for change.
And the country needs it. Its aging nuclear reactors provided just over 18% of Belgium’s energy needs in 2023, with oil (38.8%) and natural gas (26%) being the largest energy sources.
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Germany Makes “Sea-Change Policy Shift” On Nuclear Power In Europe
Three weeks after widespread power grid failures across Portugal and Spain, triggered by unreliable solar and wind power, Germany appears to be sharply recalibrating its energy stance.
In a notable policy shift, the new conservative government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reversed its longstanding opposition to nuclear power. The move reflects a growing understanding in Berlin that overreliance on unreliable solar and wind power generation poses serious risks to economic stability and energy security. The shift also signals a broader return to common-sense energy policymaking in Europe, with nuclear power increasingly viewed as critical in France in achieving reliable, low-carbon power generation.
The Financial Times reports that German officials have informed Paris they will no longer oppose French efforts to have nuclear energy recognized as equivalent to renewables in EU legislation. This marks a significant policy shift, considering former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had firmly opposed treating nuclear power on the same level as solar and wind in the EU’s framework for achieving net zero by 2050.
“The Germans are telling us: we will be very pragmatic on the issue of nuclear power,” an anonymous French diplomat told the FT, which was involved in the talks with the Germans. The person said this means that “all the biases against nuclear power, which still remain here and there in EU legislation, will be removed.”
“This will be a sea-change policy shift,” said a German official.
Guntram Wolff, a senior fellow at think-tank Bruegel, said, “It’s a welcome rapprochement that will make the topic of energy easier in the EU,” adding, “Politically, Merz is also thinking about the nuclear umbrella.”
Berlin’s reversal on nuclear power comes three weeks after solar and wind collapsed the power grids across Portugal and Spain.
Europe’s dangerous and radical shift to unreliable net-zero energy has been nothing short of a disaster and an embarrassment for the far-left liberals high in their castles in Brussels.
Merz has clearly recognized the urgent need to reverse degrowth net-zero policies. He also understands the strategic urgency of revitalizing Franco-German cooperation—a prerequisite for unlocking stalled EU-level decision-making under former Chancellor Scholz.
“When France and Germany agree, it is much easier for Europe to move forward,” said Lars-Hendrik Röller, a professor at Berlin-based ESMT business school who was chief economic adviser to former Chancellor Angela Merkel, adding, “While several challenges remain, I believe this issue will be solved.”
Last week, FT obtained a letter sent to the European Commission by ministers from 12 European member states explaining that it was “imperative” that Brussels acknowledge the “complementary nature of nuclear and renewable energy sources.”
The new Franco-German policy shift on energy is critical for Europe to get its house in order, considering NatGas prices have surged since the Ukraine-Russia war, making manufacturing uncompetitive on global markets because inputs have driven up prices of end products (such as automobiles). Solar and wind trends have also created instability in the power grid, which is a national security threat.
It’s encouraging to see that Germany has finally acknowledged what has long been clear: a stable, reliable path to net-zero requires nuclear power. ZeroHedge readers have been well ahead of this theme since December 2020. More details here…
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