Austria to appeal Hinkley Point state aid decision by end-June

摘要

Austria has said it will launch its appeal against thernEuropean Commission’s decision that the UKrngovernment funding guarantee for EDF Energy’s plannedrnHinkley Point C nuclear plant is legal state aid by end-rnJune. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said the longawaitedrnappeal sends an “important signal to all ofrnEurope,” adding “Subsidies [by the EU] exist to supportrnnew and modern technologies, which in no way is therncase for nuclear generation.”