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. >> edf leading including french companies and chinese comedies that is you -- that is looking to get international prestige. they should produce 7% of the capacity once they come online in 2023. part of the government policy to review plans and get away from fossil fuels. >> it is a principle that marks industrial energy cooperation between france and the u.k. one of the most striking aspects in the last two years. which you have approached the debate about energy policy. >> of the u.k. is about to trend away from nuclear energy. japan's fukushima disaster has caused other countries to scrap programs altogether. >> football fans held their breath as the playoffs were announced. it turns out the world champions and 99 date will face ukraine. -- in 1998 will face ukraine. greece will take on romania. >> the football gods have smiled on the blue. the french coach was hoping to avoid portugal in the playoffs. and he has. france will play ukraine and 2014. the coach warns it will not be easy. >> the ukrainian side has not lost any of its last seven games. they do not concede many yards. i

the london array, the new nuclear deal agreed with the chinese and edf as well. these are locking u.k. consumers into not only current prices but higher prices for years and years, in fact, decades to come. we're going to have much higher prices built in because eventually the government will not be able to subsidize these projects, will they? >> absolutely. so when i look at the nuclear decision, i say this has never happened in the energy departments where a government signs a 35 year power contract. we're living in a time where there's never been as much technology change as now. if i go back ten years ago if somebody had said to me that the u.s. would be energy independent, you would have said i was on drugs. >> yes. >> if you would have said the german power prices would be at 36 euros a megawatt hour, you would have said, what are you smoking? the reality is why is that happening? it's called technology change. >> peter losier mentioned to me, yes, we are getting subsidies which are not sustainable in the long term. six or seven years he reckoned to build t

the government's been in talks with edf for some time and now in an interview, they say they expect tensllions of dollars invested. stocks finished lower and now they are up 2%. but also in paris, shares of peugeot citreon is down. joining us with the details is stefan in paris. how might this work then? >> ross, peugeot would announce significant capital increase, 3 billion euros. it would become the largest shareholder and the peugeot family would not subscribe to the capitol hike would see significant delusion of its stake from 25 to 35%, he it was working with different partners but claims none of these rich projects would be included. it would have financial implications. we are expecting more announcement on this plan on october 22nd when peugeot will hold a board meeting. for the time being the market reacts significantly. it will have an important dilution. the second region is the largest stake that they would take in the country. it will make the company unmanageable. these are the two main concerns that explains why the stock is not up the 11.5%. the u.s. car maker has a 7% st