Last month, the EU’s energy ministers held separate meetings to...

Last month, the EU’s energy ministers held separate meetings to thrash out a common path on whether nuclear power should be incorporated in the bloc's renewable goals.

France has historically invested massively in nuclear power programmes. More than 70 per cent of its electricity is derived from nuclear energy.

The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland are among EU countries that are pushing for nuclear power to be incorporated in the bloc's renewable goals.

Last year, the European Parliament supported regulations of the EU that classify investments in gas and nuclear power plants as environmentally sustainable.