You guys are missing the bigger picture. Solar panels have the variable cause the dependent on the sun lit in its way to provide power. This makes it become tricky to make it an energy source for stable 24/7/365 day, all season in EU country. The movement or green deal behind it quite not close to what it stood since waste from the battery, from the used panels, from maintaining upkeep doesn't worth what it can give back. I rather have EU haste its plan to renew and build the new nuclear plants.
Yes, that would be much better than solar panels. But this will take many years, maybe decades. Solar panels can provide electricity today. Indeed, maintenance and repair will require a lot of costs and not everyone will benefit from it. In addition, in this way it will be possible to support manufacturers of solar panels. They also need income. Especially if they are produced in their own country.
It is interesting how things are playing out, due to the disaster at the nuclear plant of Fukushima of 2011 there was a very strong movement against nuclear energy all around the world, which lead to the suspension of the construction or the closure of nuclear plants, if politicians had not gotten fearful of nuclear energy back then Europe will not be anywhere as dependent on Russian gas and oil, so European governments are forced to take a suboptimal decision which will cost more money and will not be as effective, increasing the price of energy all over Europe just when we are going through a period of high inflation.
Europe has no other choice. It is not and will not be in the future! What is left to do to keep warm? Fire wood stove? Solar panels are still a modern form of electricity generation. This year they will be in great demand in Europe. Nuclear power plants are dangerous and if this option is considered, safety measures must be taken. What can be done here? Do not engage in nonsense and buy gas from Russia)