energy commissioner says we need to see if we can provide an energy policy for the e.u. youth avoids nuclear energy of course it's the flu it's really a change from the traditional energy policy of many countries in the european union which was to increase its nuclear capacity is because italy for example is a big e.u. country which is starting from scratch a big nuclear program france belgium here also big nuclear programs but now there is increasing concern about the safety obviously of nuclear reactors and there is growing public opposition to that now there was a demonstration of around sixty thousand people in germany near for nuclear reactors there and to give you a flavor of the sentiment here in brussels let me just quote from the portuguese a state secret if the environment he said in the light of the nuclear meltdown in japan member states need to reconsider their energy policy and related security measures nuclear power is neither a safe option nor is it sustainable the one hundred plus nuclear plants across the european union and now conducting stress tests to see