At a nuclear summit near Paris earlier this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the transition from nuclear energy undertaken by some EU countries as a "strategic mistake." Nuclear power, she said, is a "reliable, affordable source of low-emission electricity."  She announced new EU financial assistance for nuclear power plants. Von der Leyen's words reverberated in Germany, which switched off its last nuclear reactor in 2023 . Von der Leyen's father, Ernst