France Forges Pact to Make Nuclear Part of EU Clean Energy Shift

France is mobilizing a pro-nuclear alliance to defend its atomic industry, as the European Union negotiates the next phase of a transition to cleaner energies.

French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher is inviting 12 of her counterparts for breakfast on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Stockholm on Tuesday to discuss how nuclear power can help safeguard energy security, while lowering carbon emissions, according to her office.

France, which gets most of its electricity from atomic reactors, is spearheading a push to recognize nuclear power as a force to meet climate goals. That view has been met with skepticism in ...