on its ambitious plans for expanding home grown clean energy. but rishi sunak s government is not the only one in europe looking again at its commitments on renewable energy and how far that will take them. this weekend, the french government announced it will need more than the six new nuclear plants currently planned possibly as many as m new plants to reduce the country s dependence on fossil fuels, from 60 to 40% by 2035. the renowned french climatologist jean machancovici, whose book world without end, sold nearly a million copies in france, said wind, solar and hydroelectric power will not allow france to maintain today s modern industrial world . let s speak to david elmes, energy expert and co lead of the university of warwick s global research priority energy. thank you for being with us. our european government struggling right