欧洲领导人于2011年2月4日共同表示,将采取行动,以减少对中东石油和俄罗斯天然气的依赖,核能发电将会起重要的新作用。欧盟表示,将控制本世纪内的其他时间的能源供应,寻求私人投资一万亿欧元。欧盟是世界上最大的地区能源市场,拥有5亿人口和2000万家公司。各国政府将承诺到2014年进行广泛的市场改革,联结国家和地区电网与天然气管 European leaders jointly stated on February 4, 2011 that they will take action to reduce their dependence on Middle East oil and Russia’s natural gas. Nuclear power generation will play an important new role. The EU said it will control the energy supply at other times of the century and seek private investment of one trillion euros. The EU is the largest regional energy market in the world with 500 million people and 20 million companies. Governments will commit to carrying out extensive market reforms by 2014, linking national and regional power grids and natural gas pipelines