"I'm very curious to see the outcome of the referendum on nuclear power in Italy next June." So Gunther Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Energy in front of the European Parliament's Environment Committee. Italy and France, according to the Commissioner, should decide what kind of energy will want to invest in their future.
In the background, the example of Germany and of the seven reactors shut down in recent days by Merkel, Europe's fastest response to the tragedy in Japan. The fate of Europe is inevitably also nuclear policy choices of Italy. In the morning, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-chairman of the European Greens, had said he believed that Italy would return to nuclear power.
In the background, the example of Germany and of the seven reactors shut down in recent days by Merkel, Europe's fastest response to the tragedy in Japan. The fate of Europe is inevitably also nuclear policy choices of Italy. In the morning, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, co-chairman of the European Greens, had said he believed that Italy would return to nuclear power.
