The N-VA is prepared to provide a rotating majority in order to prevent the nuclear exit. This is what chairman Bart De Wever stated in ‘The Morning’ on Radio 1. According to De Wever, apart from the greens, no government parties want that exit. CD&V chairman Coens points out that the exit will be re-evaluated at the end of next year.
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The federal government confirmed last week that it is sticking to the evaluation of the feasibility of the nuclear exit in November 2021, even if operator Engie / Electrabel is scrapping investments for a lifetime extension.
N-VA chairman De Wever hammered in ‘The Morning’ once again on the price uncertainty that such a nuclear exit could entail. According to De Wever, the government parties also know that. ‘I negotiated that with Magnette and she said: of course we are not going to get off there. SP.A said: of course we are not going to get off there. ‘
According to De Wever, with the ‘bubble of five’ (N-VA, PS, SP.A, CD&V and CDH) it would have been no problem to keep Doel 4 and Tihange 3, the latest nuclear power stations, open longer. ‘That was the easiest negotiation I’ve ever had. I said “keep nuclear power plants open” and three seconds later I had an agreement. People are now being dragged into the abyss by the greens. We will have the most polluting energy production in the entire European Union, after Poland, and the most expensive. ‘
‘Dogmatic’ Van der Straeten
De Wever believes that the PS and other government parties are still not eager for the nuclear exit: ‘I think they fell from their seats due to the skill of Tinne van der Straeten, who knows this file very well, to maneuver very quickly. . ‘ According to the N-VA chairman, the green energy minister is ‘dogmatically’ sticking to the nuclear exit.
The N-VA chairman offers the other government parties a variable majority to reverse the nuclear exit. ‘I don’t ask for anything in return. We can get our votes, we are the largest party. This is so disastrous that we must avoid it at all costs. ‘
Coens: ‘Understand concern’
‘I understand his concern’, CD&V chairman Joachim Coens responded to VRT. ‘But the coalition agreement only provides for the reconfirmation of the nuclear exit, that was already a decided policy, and very important for us: provides for an evaluation moment in November 2021 regarding security of supply and the impact on the price.’
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