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I wonder if this is a copypasta? Something in these lines pops up every time someone in an EU institution proposes something controversial.

That someone is usually Ylva Johansson and its quickly striken down but for some reason there's this strange narrative pushed that feels almost automated.

WTF is this stuff about EU shutting down nuclear reactors? Complete fantasy world. Are you copy pasting this from somewhere or were you made to believe in on Twitter or something?

Please write a response I'm very curious about the roots of this comment.

Regarding Germany and their nuclear power situation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#First...

France is shutting down 14 plants:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France

Belgium was also on track to close down all their nuclear plants by next year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Belgium

Not fantasy world stuff at all. You can find a million sources for EU hostility to nuclear power, especially prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

That’s individual countries own decisions, nothing to do with EU. There’s no such thing as hostility towards Nuclear power, here is a recent news about the EU president pushing for nuclear power: https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-needs-more-nuclear-european-12...

There are Some countries may be closing down reactors but other countries are building new ones. Just last year Finland commissioned a new nuclear reactor.

Do you perhaps live in the US? The EU didn't shut down any nuclear power plants. Local politicians in Germany and Sweden (and perhaps more countries) did. And they were very much elected. I don't think any technocrats would do something that stupid.

The EU has elections every five years where the members of parliament are chosen. They very much answer to the public. Why would you think they don't?

The EU considered nuclear energy to not be "green" up until very recently, which directly contributed to the demise of said nuclear power plants as well as many potential projects.

> Who in their right mind shuts down their nuclear power plants and exchanges energy independence for cheap gas imports from Russia?

What do you mean by "nobody"? The tree-huggers were all for more polluting forms of energy lest it made the USSR look like a state that didn't give 2 worries about safety

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