EU Signals Nuclear Reinvestment

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said shrinking Europe’s nuclear fleet was a "strategic mistake" and announced a €200m guarantee from the EU carbon market to lure private investment into new nuclear technologies. She tied the policy shift to an energy crunch from the Iran war and to the decline in nuclear's share of EU electricity from ~33% in 1990 to 15% today. — If the EU explicitly reframes nuclear rollback as a strategic error and starts seeding investment, it could accelerate a continent‑wide policy reversal with major implications for energy security, climate targets, and industrial strategy.