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So?

And they have a massive problem with their old plants because many are about to be decommissioned. They need to build many new ones while the state run nuclear operator is basically bankrupt.

https://theecologist.org/2017/mar/16/edf-facing-bankruptcy-d...

Germany has a lot of heavy industry.

Exactly, France (sadly) lost most of its industry since the 1980's, and it shows: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-co2-embedded-in-tra...