IEA chief urges Swiss voters to back a new nuclear plant

Fatih Birol advised Swiss voters to back a new nuclear plant in an interview published on November 9.

Birol is the executive director of the International Energy Agency, an intergovernmental organization based in Paris.

He was in Geneva to meet energy-sector investors before travelling to Brussels for meetings with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Energy supply security has become a central concern around the world, especially in Europe and Switzerland.

The interview came nine months after the start of the war against Iran, which the interviewer cited while asking about the global energy situation.

The advice puts nuclear power at the center of a Swiss vote, though the supplied information does not give a date or details of the vote.

Birol’s stated position is that voters should choose to build a new plant.