Nuclear energy
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Diplomacy
EU raises stakes with Iran
24 January 201212PresseuropLe Figaro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph, La Vanguardia -
Nuclear energy
French plants need strengthening
4 January 20123PresseuropLe Figaro -
Netherlands
Second nuclear plant postponed
23 December 20111PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
4 October 20111El País Madrid
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8 September 20111Le Monde Paris
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Czech Republic
Nuclear superpower at heart of Europe
8 September 20111PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
European Union
Nuclear industry still doing fine
21 June 20111PresseuropLa Tribune -
17 June 20113Corriere della Sera Milan
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14 June 20111PresseuropPresseurop
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Italy-Brazil
Battisti’s release is blow for Rome
10 June 2011PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Nuclear energy
Let Brussels look after it
9 June 20114Respekt Prague -
Renewable energy
Desertec to take over from nuclear power
8 June 20112Le Monde Paris -
German press review
Where does the nuclear exit lead to?
31 May 20115Presseurop -
Germany
Beyond nuclear in 2022
30 May 2011PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
26 May 20111Die Tageszeitung Berlin
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Nuclear energy
Stress-test for nothing?
25 May 20111PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
Nuclear energy
Stress-free stress test
18 May 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Environment
Green energy — but not in my back yard!
6 May 20114Il Post Milan -
Portrait
Power, not nuclear
2 May 20112VoxPublica.ro Bucharest -
27 April 20111PresseuropLietuvos Rytas
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21 April 2011L'Hebdo Lausanne
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Italy
Ciao to nuclear power
20 April 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
United Kingdom
Sitting on a plutonium mountain
11 April 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
5 April 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
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30 March 20115Die Welt Berlin
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29 March 2011PresseuropHandelsblatt
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Environment
Nuclear debate radiates to Poland
25 March 2011PresseuropPolska The Times -
24 March 20114Presseurop
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23 March 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland
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Environment
Fukushima, the best ad for atomic power
22 March 20113The Guardian London -
18 March 2011Le Monde Paris
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18 March 2011PresseuropL'Espresso
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Nuclear energy
Commissioner indulges in hyperbole
18 March 2011PresseuropLa Razón -
Nuclear energy
Merkel the panic merchant
18 March 20117Coulisses de Bruxelles Brussels -
Editorial
Tiptoeing away from nuclear power
18 March 20113Presseurop -
Nuclear energy
Chernobyl to Fukushima – media gets it wrong
17 March 2011Postimees Tallinn -
17 March 2011PresseuropHandelsblatt
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Nuclear energy
Don’t panic...
16 March 20111Presseurop -
Germany
Nuclear exit in doubt
15 March 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Nuclear energy
Fukushima relaunches debate
14 March 20111Presseurop -
10 March 2011PresseuropDe Standaard
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Germany
A grand guignol republic
11 February 2011PresseuropCicero -
Bulgaria / Russia
Sofia bends to Putin gas deal
15 November 2010PresseuropDnevnik -
Nuclear energy
Belgian company sent uranium to Iran
11 November 20101PresseuropDe Standaard -
Nuclear Energy
Russia is Germany’s new dustbin
9 November 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
5 November 2010Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
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Czech Republic
Temelín project postponed
13 October 2010PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
Renewable Energies
Green revolution will cost you
24 September 20104Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Germany
Anti-atomic groups nuke Merkel
20 September 2010PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Germany
Nuclear energy wins a reprieve
7 September 2010PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel
With their decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil and to freeze Iranian bank assets in Europe, EU member states are hoping to force Teheran to halt its nuclear program — an initiative which the European press believes is a risky bet. 
The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain's nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. 
Romania’s only nuclear power station has been operating here, close to the Black Sea, since 1996. Now the construction of a nearby facility to store radioactive waste has added to the concerns of local people, who are worried about the consequences of a possible nuclear disaster. 
Germany is phasing out nuclear power and Italy has rejected its reintroduction. This about-face by two founding members of the European Union could encourage other member states to turn the nuclear page and to develop renewable energies. 
Leaving nuclear safety to Member States to deal with is no longer tenable. Joint surveillance would give credibility to proponents of nuclear energy and at the same time limit lobbying from the energy giants. 
The end of nuclear power in Germany and Switzerland and reduced tolerance for this energy source in many countries in Europe has given a new lease of life to projects based on renewable energy, like the one backed by a German consortium in North Africa. 
Will Germany really phase out nuclear power by 2022 at the latest? Angela Merkel’s decision has been welcomed by the opponents of nuclear energy but raises a host of questions for the future, writes the German press. 
The EU harmonises regulations on fruit and vegetables, but not on nuclear energy. After Fukushima, it's madness that member states continue to decide nuclear safety standards alone, laments a German journalist. 
Odd as it may seem, the main victims of environmental conservation appeals are not nuclear power plants or incinerators, but the hydroelectric power stations, solar energy installations and wind farms much-loved by the Green and ecologically minded. 
Founder of one of the first cooperatives for producing renewable energy, Germany’s Ursula Sladeck has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in the United States. 
The world will soon be divided into those seeking a green high-tech future, such as Germany – and those who are trying to make nuclear energy safer. A sign of progress on the evolutionary road to a less risky society. 
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, Presseurop published an endorsement of nuclear power by Guardian columnist and environmentalist author George Monbiot. In a direct rebuttal, German author and physicist Ralf Bönt denounces what he considers the cynicism of nuclear energy's proponents. 
The accident at the Fukushima power station has exposed the limits of nuclear power, while showing that it's not quite as dangerous as we think. In the absence of credible alernatives, nuclear remains remains the most viable energy source. Such is the surprising opinion of leading environmentalist author, George Monbiot. 
The German Chancellor strikes again, quips Brussels pundit Jean Quatremer. Having sowed panic in the Eurozone last year, Angela Merkel has now succeeded in transforming the Japanese nuclear tragedy in Fukushima into a global nuclear energy crisis. 
In 1986, Estonians were Soviet citizens and had no idea what was going on at Chernobyl. Today they are members of the European Union, but whether they are better informed is questionable, writes the daily Postimees. 
The Fukushima disaster is driving European countries to test the safety of their nuclear plants and to shut them down. Prudence, or the panic button? The European press is leaning towards the latter. 
The accident at the Japanese nuclear power station is worrying Europe. Are our own power stations safe? Should be relinquish this form of energy? The press offers contrasting points of view. 
Eleven wagonloads of nuclear waste are barrelling down the tracks from France to Germany this weekend, and the German anti-nuclear movement is stronger than ever before. What will probably be the biggest police turnout in German postwar history could escalate – and damage, if not derail, the anti-nuclear cause. 
Chancellor Angela Merkel's vision of completing Germany's conversion to renewable energy by 2050 is bold and ambitious. But she has remained silent about the risks and the tremendous costs the green revolution will entail -- for Germany and all of Europe.