This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. During her first visit to Paris, Ms Baerbock said that Germany will oppose France's efforts to classify nuclear energy as green energy. The German foreign minister did not hide her differences on the nuclear issue, which President Macron wants to include in a European list of green energies, asked about the nuclear issue. She said after a meeting with her French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, she added: "It is well known that we have different positions on the nuclear issue. He blasted Germany for rejecting the classification of nuclear energy as ''green energy, as wanted by France. If only for that, a Frenchman attached to the sovereignty and independence of France should want Frexit. Macron wants to build new nuclear reactors in France, while Germany's plans to phase them out are well established. Paris believes that there is room for compromise after the German coalition agreement doesn't mention the issue. READ MORE: Britons name who they want to take over from Boris.
On Friday, when asked about differences between Germany and France over whether nuclear power should be labeled sustainable, which France wants, Chancellor Olaf Scholz skirted the question. He said it is clear that each country pursues its own strategy to fight man-made climate change. We recognise that responsibility and are ambitious. Germany has decided to bank on an expansion of renewable energy. Arriving in the Elysee palace, the new chancellor was greeted with a fistbump by Macron, who then accompanied him up the steps, patting him on the back. The French president had a friendly relationship with Merkel, who had broken with German tradition by backing unprecedented joint European Union efforts to raise debt during the COVID-19 epidemic.