The Socialists undertook to reduce France's dependence on nuclear energy for its electricity from 75% to 50% by 2025... This would entail the phasing out of 24 of the country's 58 reactors, though the Socialists would not agree to stop the construction of a new-generation nuclear reactor at Flamanville in western France. Responding, Industry Minister Eric Besson described the proposed policy as "the death of the French nuclear industry, which is today one of the most powerful in the world". Read on at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15771915