Austria Fails in Lawsuit Against EU Taxonomy on Nuclear Power and Gas

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: September 10, 2025; 23:47 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria's lawsuit against the classification of nuclear power and natural gas as sustainable energy sources has failed before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. The court upheld the decision of the EU Commission, which had expanded the EU Taxonomy Regulation to include these forms of energy in 2022.

Austria has traditionally had a very dismissive position regarding nuclear power. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)