THE QUESTION -
Asked about LCI on June 17, MEP Aurore Lalucq (Place publique) affirms that "
this is a severe battle
" in Brussels between the French "
who want nuclear power to be considered sustainable and the Germans who say - I'm caricature - gas must be considered sustainable
”.
She adds that this question "
will be a real subject during the campaign [of the legislative elections in September, editor's note] which arrives in Germany because it concerns a lot of jobs
".
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Germany, as part of its energy transition, must definitely abandon nuclear power next year.
It also plans to shut down its coal-fired power stations between 2035 and 2038 and relies on natural gas imports, in particular via the controversial Nord Stream 2 project, a gas pipeline that will directly link Russia and Germany.
But beyond geopolitical considerations, can we really say that natural gas is clean energy?
Read also: Do renewable energies really emit less CO2 than nuclear?
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