EC President urges decision by states on stance toward nuclear

EC President urges decision by states on stance toward nuclear

Brussels (Platts)--23Mar2006

Ahead of EU summit talks in Brussels on energy issues, European
Commission President Jose Barroso March 23 underscored that states must decide
where they stand on nuclear power in determining a coherent EU energy policy.
In an eve-of-summit statement to the European Parliament, Barroso insisted
that the EU executive is not "advocating" recourse to nuclear power in order
to ease Europe's growing dependence on energy imports. But while each EU state
remains free to formulate its own national energy mix, he said, "We can't
avoid the (nuclear) issue; it's on the agenda, and we have to talk about it."
Referring to his March 17 talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir
Putin, Barroso told lawmakers, "President Putin said that, despite the great
wealth of oil and gas that Russia has, the development of nuclear power is a
great priority for Russia."

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