EDF awaits the green light from Europe to finance six new nuclear reactors

EDF has its eyes glued to the calendar. Will Europe give the green light to the financing plan for the construction of six new nuclear reactors before the end of the year? The government is leading the negotiations in Brussels. The President of the European Commission has committed to taking this into account. Yet the worry is surging. On Monday, eleven regional presidents and five large urban communities co-signed a column, published in the columns of Le Figaro, addressed to Europe. “We hope that the European authorities will be able to look at these programs and the large European companies that carry them out, taking the greatest possible account of their above all strategic dimension for our common future,” they write. The message is barely veiled: it is becoming urgent to have a response from Europe.

Indeed, EDF would like to make its final investment decision (FID) before the end of 2026. The procedure is classic in any company...