SSU pivots on nuclear issue
8/7/2023, 2:15:28 PM
Highlights: Social Democratic Youth League, SSU, votes in favor of nuclear power in short term. Four years ago, they set a goal that 100 percent of all Sweden's energy production would be renewable by 2040. Now they are saying yes to nuclear power instead.Listen to SSU's union chairman Lisa Nåbo talk about the new decision in the clip above. The SSU congress took place in Norrköping, Sweden, on Saturday and Sunday. The youth organization's action plan was voted through that they want to provide support for all fossil-free energy proposals.
Four years ago, SSU, the Social Democratic Youth League, set a goal that 100 percent of all Sweden's energy production would be renewable by 2040 and that nuclear power would be completely phased out. Now they are saying yes to nuclear power instead.
After several decades of opposition to nuclear power within the Social Democratic Youth League, SSU, they are now pivoting on the issue of nuclear power. Late on Saturday night, it was voted through that SSU is now in favor of nuclear power, in the short term.
"In the long term, when we have new technology in place, we want people to invest in what is renewable, but in the short term we want to use the nuclear power we have," says Lisa Nåbo, president of SSU.
During this weekend's SSU congress at Louis De Geer concert & congress in Norrköping, the youth organization's action plan was voted through that they now want to provide support for all fossil-free energy proposals, including nuclear power, to cope with the climate transition.
Listen to SSU's union chairman Lisa Nåbo talk about the new decision in the clip above