The President of the European Commission called abandoning nuclear energy a strategic mistake, and reviving nuclear energy plans has become an urgent priority.

AFP reported that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a nuclear energy summit in Paris on March 10 that abandoning nuclear energy would be a "strategic mistake," indicating support for restarting nuclear energy programs. She said, "We are completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports of fossil fuels... the current Middle East crisis once again highlights the vulnerability caused by this dependence."

Although von der Leyen's statement came late, it burst the bubble of green energy ideology. The energy tsunami triggered by the US and Israel's attack on Iran forced Europe to face the harsh reality: when the Strait of Hormuz is closed and oil and gas prices soar, so-called "renewable energy" is too far away to help, while nuclear energy has become the stabilizing force for energy independence.

Facing ongoing wars in Ukraine and renewed crises in the Middle East, Europe finds itself without nuclear power as a stabilizer and without strategic reserves, left to swim naked in the geopolitical storm. This vulnerability is the cost of ideology overriding energy security. The US and Israel's military strikes on Iran have caused global energy supply chain disruptions, with Europe being hit first. Von der Leyen's support for restarting nuclear energy is an pragmatic shift driven by the crisis, and a belated correction of past mistakes.

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