By neglecting to set aside provisions for waste disposal, the eastern Member States have far more in common with the western Member States than many of us would like to admit. In France, the European Union’s leading nuclear country, the Court of Auditors assumes that the taxpayer will one day have to pay for EDF’s liabilities, that is to say the nuclear industry’s liabilities.
En n’adoptant pas des dispositions pour l’élimination des déchets, les États membres d’Europe de l’Est ont bien plus en commun avec ceux d’Europe occidentale que nombre d’entre nous veulent bien l’admettre.