{"id":459222,"date":"2026-07-08T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/08\/quindici-stati-membri-chiedono-alla-commissione-ue-il-pieno-utilizzo-dellenergia-nucleare-dopo-il-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:36:52","slug":"15-member-states-urge-eu-to-make-full-use-of-nuclear-energy-after-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/08\/15-member-states-urge-eu-to-make-full-use-of-nuclear-energy-after-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Member States urge EU to make full use of nuclear energy after 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 As the European Union moves \u2013 cautiously \u2013 towards the 2030 decarbonisation targets<\/a>, Member States are beginning to consider what the energy mix for the coming decade should be. For most European governments, the answer also lies in nuclear power. Energy ministers from fifteen Member States have signed a letter, seen by Eunews, <\/strong>addressed to the European Commission\u2019s Vice-President for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera, and to the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan J\u00f8rgensen, calling for the EU\u2019s energy framework for the period after 2030 to make \u201cfull use of nuclear energy,\u201d<\/strong> alongside renewable sources and other low-emission technologies. <\/p>\n

The initiative was discussed during the Nuclear Alliance<\/a> meeting held on the sidelines of the Energy Council on 26 June. The document was signed by the ministers of Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Sweden. Greece and Latvia were present but as observers. <\/strong>The signatories explain that the aim is to \u201calign the European energy framework with the Union\u2019s strategic priorities,\u201d with particular focus on \u201caffordability, competitiveness, decarbonisation, energy security, and strategic autonomy.\u201d In the letter, the ministers also refer to the conclusions of the March 2026 European Council, according to which \u201cthe energy transition remains the most effective strategy<\/strong> for strengthening Europe\u2019s strategic autonomy and reducing the vulnerability arising from fossil fuel imports.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the fifteen countries, the EU\u2019s climate targets must be achieved through a \u201ctechnologically neutral\u201d approach <\/strong>fully consistent with the European Climate Law<\/a>. From this perspective, they argue, nuclear power must play a central role: \u201cNuclear energy is part of the solution.\u201d According to the signatories, while it was justified over the last decade to \u201cfocus efforts on the development of renewable energy,\u201d it is now necessary to set out a path that \u201cenables the gradual replacement of fossil fuels by making use of all available low-emission technologies.\u201d The instruments made available by the EU, they add, \u201cmust enable each Member State to achieve decarbonisation in the most cost-effective manner.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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“In an increasingly complex geopolitical context, the European Union must move beyond any ideological approach and establish an energy and climate framework capable of strengthening competitiveness and resilience, whilst supporting Member States in achieving climate neutrality by 2050,<\/strong>” the ministers conclude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A letter to Ribera and J\u00f8rgensen, also signed by Italy. Eunews has seen it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":459202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30800],"tags":[30592,27547,33392,26627,32614,27342,25992,25786,25785,29036],"class_list":["post-459222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-dan-jorgensen-and","tag-decarbonization-en","tag-energia","tag-fuels-fossils-en","tag-legge-europea-sul-clima","tag-energia-nucleare-en","tag-nucleare-en","tag-renowable-en","tag-energy-renewable-en","tag-teresa-ribera-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459223,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222\/revisions\/459223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}