Teresa Ribera faces nuclear hurdle to running EU green policy

Nuclear-friendly lawmakers and countries like France don’t want the EU’s potential next green chief to thwart an atomic revival.

EUโ€™s IRISยฒ satellite plan runs into mega complications against SpaceXโ€™s Starlink

Elon Musk’s Starlink is stealing a march on the EU’s fledgling alternative.

EU weather satellite agencyโ€™s SpaceX launch decision needs urgent review, lead space MEP says

The European Unionโ€™s weather satellite agency should review its decision to use US launchers over the European option Ariane-6, MEP Christophe Grudler wrote in a letter sent to the organisationโ€™s board on Thursday (4 July), seen by Euractiv.

Christophe Grudler โ€“ the European Parliamentโ€™s nuclear man

Since his election in 2019, liberal French MEP Christophe Grudler has become the figurehead for nuclear power energy in the European Parliament. Euractiv spoke to the Renew lawmaker, who is running for a second term in the Parliament.ย 

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France to the US: Leave the tiny nuclear reactors to us

The EU invited U.S. firms to help develop these futuristic atomic reactors. But Paris is wary of having Americans “stick their noses in.”

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Space wars: Europeโ€™s master plan to counter Elon Muskโ€™s Starlink

The Starlink satellite system is crucial for the Ukrainian military, but there are problems.

Observing aid crossing into Gaza, French MEP calls for ceasefire

With four Renew MEPs having just returned from a two-day trip to the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, French MEP Christophe Grudler, who led the delegation, spoke to Euractiv France about how humanitarian aid is being delivered across the border.

Parliament backs EU push for small nuclear reactors

The European Parliament backed the development of small nuclear reactors (SMRs) on Tuesday (12 December), a move welcomed by EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, who has already called for a rapid turnaround of EU initiatives on the matter.

Starting from behind: EU vies to gain ground in green tech race

The European Parliament has agreed measures to supercharge domestic green tech โ€” but will find it hard to rival massive foreign investments.

EU Parliament backs extensive net-zero industry โ€˜wishlistโ€™, including nuclear

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday (21 November) to include 17 technologies โ€“ including nuclear energy โ€“ in the EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act, paving the way for talks with EU member states to finalise the law in December, and probably whittle down …

Divided EU Parliament adopts weakened stance on electricity market reform

EU lawmakers backed the European Parliament’s position on reforming the bloc’s electricity market in a plenary vote on Thursday (14 September), despite objections from more than 180 of them that weaken the parliament’s position vis-ร -vis member states.

French Left mount opposition to EU power market reform

The French left in the European Parliament will only join the initiative launched by MEP Christophe Grudler (Renew) against the Parliament’s current mandate for the reform negotiations on the EU electricity market if the right and the far right side wi…

Pro-nuclear MEPs defy EU Parliament on electricity market reform

EU lawmakers, led by French centrist MEP Christophe Grudler, are preparing to challenge the European Parliament’s stance on EU electricity market reform, with a formal “objection” due to be presented next Tuesday (12 September).

Lawmakers reintroduce nuclear in EUโ€™s net-zero industry list

Nuclear power was reintroduced as one of the preferred green technologies to revitalise Europe’s industry, according to a political agreement struck by lawmakers in the European Parliament on the bloc’s proposed Net-Zero Industry Act.