Ursula von der Leyen announces at a Paris summit co-hosted with the International Atomic Energy Agency that the EU will mobilize a €200M guarantee from the EU Emissions Trading System to de-risk private investment in small modular reactors and establish regulatory sandboxes and harmonized approvals to aim for deployment by the early 2030s.António Costa tells EU ambassadors that Russia is the sole winner of the Middle East war because higher energy revenues, diverted military aid and reduced global attention on Kyiv strengthen Moscow and he urges defense of the rules-based international order and renewed negotiations rather than more bombing.The Commission says Europe has more than 500,000 skilled nuclear professionals, has adjusted state aid rules and earmarks over €5 billion for fusion research while framing nuclear as a complement to renewables and calling for investment in grids, storage and system flexibility.The
EU splits on subsidies and politics as
Emmanuel Macron backs nuclear expansion while
Carsten Schneider opposes aid, and
Spain’s
Yolanda Díaz and
José Luis Albares attack
Friedrich Merz over
Donald Trump’s trade embargo threat, exposing strains in
EU solidarity.