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The three remaining nuclear plants in Germany that are scheduled for decommissioning at the end of this year should be kept online amid the ongoing European energy crisis to support the bloc鈥檚 energy supply security, the French EU commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, told newspaper Handelsblatt in an . 鈥淚t鈥檚 very important that the three nuclear plants that are still in operation keep operating for a longer time,鈥� meaning at least several months into 2023, Breton said, adding that such a move would be 鈥渋n the common European interest鈥�, as Russia is trying to weaponise European fossil fuel dependence in its war against Ukraine. Nuclear and also coal power capacity would have to be used 鈥渁s long as this is necessary鈥�.

At a time when 鈥渨e need solidarity, everyone has to do everything within their power鈥�, the French EU commissioner said. With respect to the German government鈥檚 declared intention to finalise its nuclear phase-out by the end of 2022 as scheduled, Breton said 鈥渨e can鈥檛 say we won鈥檛 do what we could do but expect others to supply what we need鈥�. At the same time, however, he urged the EU as a whole to speed up the roll-out of renewable power installations, which should be done by reducing reliance on Chinese hardware, such as solar panels, and instead build up resource processing and manufacturing capacities in Europe. 鈥淎s long as we are dependent, we are vulnerable,鈥� Breton said.

In a statement coinciding with the EU commissioner鈥檚 statement, renewable energy federation BEE said Germany鈥檚 renewable power installations had been needed for supporting the French power system for large parts of the first half of 2022. Technical problems at French nuclear reactors and warm weather that obstructed reactor cooling had led to Germany becoming a net exporter to France in the first six months of the year, after being a net importer for most of the past years.聽 About half of the French reactor fleet currently lies more or less idle, the BEE said, arguing that 鈥渞enewables are the only ones delivering electricity in a cheap and climate friendly way right now鈥�. As the warmest weeks of the month still lie ahead, more cuts to the French nuclear output could be expected, the lobby group added.

Germany's government assessed whether keeping its remaining nuclear plants open for a limited period of time in response to Russia's war but the analysis revealed that keeping reactors running would come with various challenges, such as finding alternatives to Russian-supplied nuclear fuel rods, and do little to remedy urgent energy supply problems.