Germany approves controversial French-Russian nuclear project
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron (right)
On July 22, German authorities said they were giving the green light to a controversial French-Russian nuclear project which critics fear will enable spying and sabotage by Moscow.
The planned joint venture by a subsidiary of French company Framatome and Russia's state-owned nuclear power agency Rosatom is aimed at producing fuel rods used in Russian-designed reactors.
The project would be based at Framatome's fuel rod assembly facility in the town of Lingen in the state of Lower Saxony.
