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Germany, EU at odds over nuclear energy

Episode Summary

Germany “explicitly rejects” Brussels’ plan to label nuclear energy as sustainable, the government said Monday, in a bid to project a unified stance and downplay growing discontent within the coalition over the controversial EU proposal. POLITICO EU politics reporter Hans von der Burchard explains if the proposal can survive without German support.

Episode Notes

Germany “explicitly rejects” Brussels’ plan to label nuclear energy as sustainable, the government said Monday, in a bid to project a unified stance and downplay growing discontent within the coalition over the controversial EU proposal. POLITICO EU politics reporter Hans von der Burchard explains if the proposal can survive without German support.

 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Hans von der Burchard is a politics reporter for POLITICO EU. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.