Belgium’s parliament on 15 May voted to drop the country’s planned nuclear phaseout in what was welcomed as a decisive step for the economic, environmental and strategic future of the country.
The motion was passed with 102 votes in favour, eight against and 31 abstentions.
“The federal parliament has just turned the page on two decades of blockages and hesitation to pave the way for a realistic and resilient energy model,” energy minister Mathieu Bihet of the centre-right Reformist Movement party was quoted by news outlets as saying.
“This is not just an energy reform; it is a decisive step for the economic, environmental, and strategic future of our country,” he said.