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Nuclear power is not a sustainable energy generation technology and should play no role in Europe鈥檚 decarbonisation plans, the head of Germany鈥檚 Free Democrats (FDP), new finance minister Christian Lindner, has at an annual party convention. Criticising the EU Commission鈥檚 push for including nuclear power in its taxonomy for sustainable investments, the leader of the pro-business party that used to be a defender of the technology said that while it could indeed help reduce CO2 emissions, it would still not be an option for achieving Germany鈥檚 target of a climate neutral economy. 鈥淲here would you find an insurance company that would cover nuclear plants based on market principles?,鈥� Lindner asked, adding that only the state could provide guarantees for their operation. 鈥淔or a market liberal this is a signal that this cannot be reconciled with regulatory principles,鈥� the FDP leader said. At the same time, Lindner welcomed the EU Commissions proposal to allow investments in natural gas infrastructure in the taxonomy. However, the fossil-based fuel gas could only be a temporary solution and all new infrastructure would have to be 鈥渆ventually made compatible with hydrogen鈥�.

The FDP in the past has been an advocate of delaying Germany鈥檚 nuclear exit after it was originally decided in the year 2000 by a government coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party. In a later coalition with chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU, the FDP in 2009 helped reverse the phase-out decision, before it was reinstated by the same government after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The last three nuclear plants in Germany will now be taken offline at the end of this year, with the FDP overseeing the exit in a coalition together with the SPD and the Greens.