Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Potential nuclear power subsidies anger Germans
Potential nuclear power subsidies anger Germans
A single newspaper report about German energy policy managed to cause a stir - but only in Germany. Was it a case of media hype – or did the EU backpedal after an unexpectedly strong reaction from Germany?
German daily paper, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Friday (19.07.2013) reported that the European Commission was working on plans that would mean a turning point in its energy policy.
According to the paper, the Commission was planning to allow state subsidies for the construction and operation of nuclear power plants. There was no official Commission paper, but the newspaper insisted it had a copy and the Commission would present its plans after the political summer break.
No matter just how much truth there is to the report, there were instantly strong reactions right across Germany – even from Chancellor Angela Merkel. At the daily midday press conference, the last before the summer recess, a Commission spokesman denied the claims made by the paper: "The EU Commission does not wish to encourage subsidies for nuclear energy."
Two factors explain the turmoil caused by the report, both in Germany and among German EU parliamentarians: the German decision to phase out nuclear power altogether by 2020, dubbed the ‘Energy Turnaround', would be put into question by plans to subsidize atomic energy EU-wide on the one hand; and upcoming parliamentary elections in Germany on the other.
Broad German front of rejection
...
A single newspaper report about German energy policy managed to cause a stir - but only in Germany. Was it a case of media hype – or did the EU backpedal after an unexpectedly strong reaction from Germany?
German daily paper, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Friday (19.07.2013) reported that the European Commission was working on plans that would mean a turning point in its energy policy.
According to the paper, the Commission was planning to allow state subsidies for the construction and operation of nuclear power plants. There was no official Commission paper, but the newspaper insisted it had a copy and the Commission would present its plans after the political summer break.
No matter just how much truth there is to the report, there were instantly strong reactions right across Germany – even from Chancellor Angela Merkel. At the daily midday press conference, the last before the summer recess, a Commission spokesman denied the claims made by the paper: "The EU Commission does not wish to encourage subsidies for nuclear energy."
Two factors explain the turmoil caused by the report, both in Germany and among German EU parliamentarians: the German decision to phase out nuclear power altogether by 2020, dubbed the ‘Energy Turnaround', would be put into question by plans to subsidize atomic energy EU-wide on the one hand; and upcoming parliamentary elections in Germany on the other.
Broad German front of rejection
...
http://www.dw.de/potential-nuclear-power-subsidies-anger-germans/a-16964460
