The make-or-break moment for EU industry [Promoted content]

As Europe navigates a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape, its industries and regional economies face unprecedented challenges. At Cerame-Unie, we are advocating for an inclusive industrial policy that supports all energy-intensive sectors, includi…

The menace of deindustrialization in the EU โ€” and what we can do about it

Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.

5 things to know about EU industry chief Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉโ€™s hearing

Sรฉjournรฉ will have a busy first few months as VP for industrial policy if his promises in the hearing are anything to go by. Plus, POLITICO unravels the secrets of the mystery bag.

Sรฉjournรฉ to face questions on economy, Macron ties, nature of portfolio

โ€œHe wonโ€™t represent the interests of the French government, as you know,” a French official reassured Brussels.

Business groups pitch โ€˜profoundโ€™ change in EU trade and industrial policy to shore up competitiveness

โ€œThe EU cannot win a subsidy race with the US and China,โ€ the groups says, as the EU currently โ€œlacks the fiscal firepower to outspend its global competitors.โ€

EPP plots to limit Socialist Riberaโ€™s economic powers

Spainโ€™s green ‘socialist heavyweight,’ Teresa Ribera, is in talks about a role in EU industrial policy, disconcerting center-right politicians.

China confirms it filed appeal to WTO over EU electric vehicle tariffs

Beijing said on Friday (9 August) it had filed an appeal with the World Trade Organization over the European Unionโ€™s imposition, effective on 5 July, of provisional tariffs of up to 38% on imports of electric vehicles from China.

Von der Leyen warned: Donโ€™t slap the bill for climate and industry on consumers

The influential Brussels think-tank, Bruegel, has sent a โ€˜memoโ€™ to Commission President-designate, Ursula von der Leyen, warning her of over-burdening consumers during her likely second term.

EU pushes back on IMF criticism of โ€˜inward-lookingโ€™ industrial policies

A senior EU official pushed back on the IMF’s recommendation that countries should pursue policies that encourage the diffusion of new technologies, arguing that the EU must sometimes introduce โ€œprotectingโ€ measures to ensure its own economic security….

Green Deal is โ€˜no longer an ecological, but an economic agendaโ€™, says EU climate official [Advocacy Lab Content]

The European Green Deal is โ€œan agenda of economic modernisationโ€ rather than an ecological agenda, said the head of the European Commissionโ€™s climate department at a recent Euractiv event. Industry and competitiveness gaining prominence.

What a right-wing shift in the EU Parliament means for tech policy

A more right-wing European Parliament could mean fewer regulatory initiatives in the area of tech, a weakened push for market integration, but more support for defence tech, according to party manifestos and an interview with an expert.

Scholz, Macron adopt โ€˜competitivenessโ€™ guidelines to set EU agenda

With the EU set for a new five-year term, the blocโ€™s powerhouses France and Germany are insisting that their economic priorities are taken into account most of all.ย 

Rethinking the German model means letting go

Among other problems, Germany is plagued with severe labour shortages that will only get worse as โ€˜baby boomersโ€™ retire. Still, politicians think they need to preserve jobs in industries where Germany is clearly uncompetitive, whatever the costs.

2023 in EU economic policy: The year Germany went French โ€“ and back

Faced with the fear of deindustrialisation, Germany sought to adopt a French-style industrial policy in 2023, including massive subsidies and protectionist โ€˜Buy Europeanโ€™ clauses โ€“ but was caught up by its constraints sooner than expected.

EU policy โ€˜superiorโ€™ to US Inflation Reduction Act, say European economists

The European approach to building climate-friendly industries is โ€œsuperiorโ€ to the USAโ€™s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), German and French economists have argued in a new paper, calling for less panic in the response to the US subsidies.