Germany Announces Policy Shift on Nuclear Power Generation

Germany’s sort-of-moderate government headed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a significant shift Monday on the question of nuclear power generation. The Financial Times reports that the Merz government will end its 15-year opposition to the EU classification of nuclear as “green” energy for financial and climate-related regulatory purposes.

What it means:

• Germany drops its longstanding opposition to classifying nuclear energy as a “green” energy resource under the EU regulatory structure;

• Germany’s move leaves Austria as the last fully anti-nuke country in the EU;