France: the end of a 40-year political consensus on the merits of nuclear power [View All]

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French Primary Reflects Shift on Nuclear Power
BY MAX COLCHESTER

PARIS—When he goes to vote in Sunday's Socialist Party primaries, Christian Bataille will vote against one of his principles: the pro-nuclear Socialist lawmaker will support a French presidential hopeful who has vowed to phase out atomic power.

"It's a bit contradictory," said Mr. Bataille, who has headed a French parliamentary commission on nuclear energy. "But I am a long-term supporter of a candidate who has recently been swayed by antinuclear campaigners."

Like many in his own party Mr. Bataille is struggling with a new reality in France: the end of a 40-year political consensus on the merits of nuclear power....

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