Energy – Plea for nuclear power plants – Politics

According to EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Germany should leave its nuclear power plants connected to the grid longer. “It is extremely important to let the three German nuclear power plants that are still in operation run longer,” he said Handelsblatt on Monday. “At least for a few months and of course in a safe way.” Breton argued that extending the service life of the nuclear reactors, which are to be shut down at the end of the year, is in the interest of all of Europe. “Vladimir Putin uses our dependence as a weapon against us.” Four months after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has significantly reduced its gas supplies to Europe, triggering an energy crisis in Germany as well.