In the last few years, energy discussions in the Brussels bubble have been dominated by a perspective which overwhelmingly focused on climate. From this point of view it was clear that nuclear would...
Debate around nuclear heats up as institutions prepare to vote on Complementary Delegated Act
At the start of 2022, the European Commission came forward with its proposal to add nuclear (and gas) to the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy via a Complementary Delegated Act (CDA). Whilst not perfect...
Nuclear – the “no regrets” option
Andrei Goicea, Policy Director In March 2022, the European Commission launched its communication entitled ‘REPowerEU’. This communication outlined the plan to make Europe independent from Russian...
“Openness Requires Fairness”
Quentin Heilmann, Junior Legal Advisor Contrary to what you might think, these wise words were not spoken by Master Yoda but rather by Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director General of the European...
Checkpoint: political stocktaking of the European Parliament
Sophie Dayraut, Junior Communications Manager We are now past the mid-term of this legislature of the European Parliament. Here’s what we’ve learnt during the past two and a half years, and what you...
2022 kicks off with a bang
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General We have certainly had a very energetic start to 2022, with the leaked draft of the Complementary Delegated Act becoming available on 1 January 2022. The...
Taxonomy: A much awaited end of year gift?
Jessica Johnson, Communications & EU Stakeholders Director, FORATOM As we come to the end of 2021, we continue to wait for news as to if, how and when the European Commission will add nuclear to...
Development and deployment of SMRs in the EU
Berta Picamal, DG Office, Legal & Intl Relations Director Since late October 2019, the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMRs) in the EU has been at the core of many...