In Berlin
For years, German opponents of nuclear power have been protesting against Fessenheim. For the authorities of Baden-Württemberg, a neighbor of Alsace, the closure of the French atomic power plant marks the end of a dilemma. The region, led by the Greens since 2011, is a 90% shareholder of the electricity giant EnBW, which since 1972 has owned 17.5% of the Fessenheim power plant. It receives the same proportion of the cheap current produced by the power station.
The region was therefore one of the “profiteers” of the power plant, as the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung recalls. But it also had to bear the risks. The closure of Fessenheim is seen first the end of a risk for the German taxpayer.
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