Stress tests are back on the agenda and Euro MPs give mixed reactions to Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power with many asking what will replace it.

Pulling the plug on nuclear power

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The Fukushima disaster's consequences  are on the Strasbourg agenda again.

The stress tests starting 1st June  will be at the heart of the debate.

Germany's decision to close its nuclear  plants before 2022 will be a talking point.

It’s possible and feasible to exist  without nuclear power,

but then we definitely need  more coal or gas.

Many experts say it'd be illogical  to close the German plants so quickly

If they were unsafe they should be shut,  but they know they’re safe.

They’re just pandering to political  correctness and emotional panic

caused a stir by announcing  the end of nuclear power.

Eleven years later, the project  is back on the agenda.

We saw a real success story  with renewable energy in Germany,

It's a wonderful story with thousands  and thousands of new jobs

and very good benefits  for companies that followed this.

Ending nuclear power  is reopening a debate in Europe

concerning the energy mix needed  to combat CO2 emissions.

It was a mix in which nuclear power,  until now, had played a significant role.