This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Focus Online correspondent Ulrich Reitz labelled the move as a slap in the face of the German government after the EU Commission President dubbed nuclear energy sustainable. He said that the Greens strongly reject the classification of nuclear power and gas as green and sustainable. The European Commission's decision is not a surprise: it is more than a slap in the face of the anti-nuclear and pro-energy transition party - a painful lesson in realpolitik. There were tensions between the Commission and Germany amid plans put forward by the former to draw up a taxonomy list. Money will be channelled to new technologies with the aim of decarbonising the bloc's economy. France and Poland have pushed for nuclear energy to be placed on the list because Germany has phased out of the resource. He also highlighted the differences between Germany's position against nuclear energy and France.
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