All nuclear power plants must admit: “No easy solutions …

Federal core considers nuclear exit for the first time – – According to federal energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), there are no more easy solutions. She now officially says for the first time that she is fully committed to the full nuclear phase-out. Keeping two nuclear power stations open “means that security of … Read more

Experts and industry are concerned after Z…

– © BELGA – With the decision of Flemish minister Zuhal Demir not to permit the gas-fired power station in Vilvoord, Belgium threatens to come to a complete standstill again. Almost twenty years after the nuclear phase-out was approved, politics is losing itself in jousting. While all experts agree that time is of the essence … Read more

Minister Zuhal Demir also refuses a permit for Vilvoord gas…

– © BELGA – Flemish Minister for the Environment Zuhal Demir (N-VA) now also rejects the permit for the Vilvoorde gas-fired power station. And that was one of the gas-fired power stations that the federal government counted on for security of supply when the last nuclear power stations close. “This creates problems for all industrial … Read more

Zuhal Demir and Tinne Van der Straeten drive conflict on the…

– – Ministers Tinne Van der Straeten (Green) and Zuhal Demir (N-VA) are razing each other’s climate approach. The Flemish and federal governments have clashed before about corona and the labor market reform, but the mutual discontent has never been more visible than it is now. It looks very likely that we will have counter-federalism … Read more

Tinne Van der Straeten: “We didn’t have to go on holiday quickly…

– © Kris Van Exel – November must and will be the month of Tinne Van der Straeten (Green). As Minister of Energy, she will soon decide on the nuclear phase-out and will try to achieve Europe’s climate objectives. But in both cases she is met with opposition from the Flemish government, which frustrates her … Read more