In 1990, about 30 percent of the EU’s electricity was generated by nuclear power, a share that has fallen by about half since then.

The EU’s top bureaucrat, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, has now admitted that it was a “strategic mistake . . . for Europe to [have turned] its back ⁠on a reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power."

Reuters notes helpfully that:

Von der Leyen's native Germany took a political decision under then-Chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear power ​plants owing to public opposition and safety concerns after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Von der Leyen was a minister in

Von der Leyen's native Germany took a political decision under then-Chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear power ​plants owing to public opposition and safety concerns after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Von der Leyen was a minister in

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