(URANIUM) European Union FINALLY agree to support NUCLEAR ENERGY ahead of next month’s COP29 SUMMIT, a MASSIVE SHIFT that has long DIVIDED this group!

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European Union ministers agreed to support nuclear energy as part of the fight against climate change ahead of next month’s COP29 summit, a marked shift on a power source that has long divided the bloc.

The Netherlands, France, and some eastern European nations called for more “institutional support” for nuclear energy, as well as for the technology to be integrated into new EU energy regulations.

However, Germany, Austria, and Denmark expressed concerns that resources could be funneled away from renewable energy technology.

Europe is changing its mind about nuclear

Nuclear energy has long been the subject of a deep divide in EU politics — France relies on its fleet of reactors for electricity, while Germany has moved away from them.

A change of heart on nuclear power, which lost support following the 2011 Japanese nuclear disaster, is a “sign of atomic power’s rising prominence as an energy source,” the Financial Times wrote.

Some officials involved in the negotiations argued that the bloc’s nuclear discussions “distracted from wider questions” about the EU’s fossil fuel dependency.

One person told the paper that the “elephant in the room” was the lack of conversation on how much the EU would contribute to fund poorer countries most affected by climate change.

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