On 5 February in Warsaw, Konfederacja Lewiatan hosted the anniversary conference of the European Business Nuclear Alliance (EBNA), bringing together employers’ organisations from 14 EU Member States. The meeting marked one year since the Alliance’s launch and concluded with the adoption of the Warsaw Declaration—a joint call to strengthen Europe’s energy resilience and industrial competitiveness.
The conference addressed a critical question for Europe’s future: how to secure reliable, low-carbon, and affordable energy while maintaining the competitiveness of European industry. Nuclear energy was a focal point of the discussions—framed not as a political symbol, but as a practical and essential component of the European energy mix.
Participants examined key issues shaping the investment climate, including:
- The design and functioning of the EU electricity market;
- System costs and long-term price stability;
- The specific needs of energy-intensive industries;
- Workforce development and specialized skills for the nuclear sector;
- The role of local companies in global value chains and emerging Small Modular Reactor (SMR) projects.
The Warsaw Declaration emphasises that Europe must move from ambition to delivery. To meet climate goals without eroding its industrial base, the EU requires a coherent, technology-neutral framework that enables large-scale investment in clean, reliable, and competitively priced electricity. EBNA members are calling for predictable financing conditions, strengthened supply chains, and policies that foster innovation and industrial capacity.
This was a decisive working meeting of business leaders and public authorities, focused on the concrete policy choices required to achieve climate objectives while safeguarding jobs, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.
