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Looking in absolute terms France is essentially phasing out nuclear power. But can't bring themselves to accept it politically.

They have an enormous fleet nearing end of life and are making political noise over a tiny number of plants they haven’t even taken the final investment decision on.

They are stuck arguing how the mindbogglingly large required subsidies should be financed.

In other words: They are betting on renewables as much as anyone else, they just can't bring themselves to stop wasting money on nuclear power due to political reasons.



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