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Industrial Deal
Europeโs Clean Industrial Deal Needs More Than Just Ambition [Promoted content]
The Clean Industrial Deal is a crucial step for Europeโs decarbonisation, but its success depends on clear implementation. Policymakers must turn ambition into action to maintain competitiveness and climate leadership, with Carbon Capture Utilisation a…
โWe fear stagnation, not accelerationโ for offshore windโs future, says รrstedโs Ulrik Stridbรฆk [Advocacy Lab Content]
Tripartite agreements are the backbone of the Clean Industrial Deal – linking offshore wind to investment certainty, lower energy costs, and a competitive European industry.
Scaling wind power, navigating Europeโs green transition and competitiveness [Advocacy Lab Content]
As Europe pushes to boost competitiveness, the focus is on scaling up renewable energy, such as wind power, and electrifying heavy industries like steel and chemicals. The Clean Industrial Deal aims to drive investment in these sectors, but supply chai…
Three simple and proven actions to boost Europeโs energy independence [Promoted content]
Russia, Trump, China: Europe needs to man up. The EU Clean Industrial Deal has put home-grown wind energy at the core of Europeโs economic competitiveness and energy security. Thereโs no need to reinvent the wheel. Three simple and proven actions can h…
Rural energy dialogue: Advancing the Clean Industrial Deal in rural areas [Advocacy Lab Content]
Rural communities are not just energy consumers, they are increasingly important contributors to Europeโs industrial and energy ecosystem.
Renewable liquid gas could transform rural energy market [Advocacy Lab Content]
With Clean Industrial Deal support, the rural energy market could be transformed, and Horizon projects could help showcase rural communitiesโ contribution to the energy grid.
Call for help: Eastern cement imports are killing EU industry
Cement imports from Ukraine to Poland surged 540 percent, from 101,700 tonnes in 2022 to 652,300 tonnes in 2024, threatening Polandโs and Europeโs cement industries.
LIVE NOW! Media Partnership โ Competitiveness & Security Business Summit 2025 (CSBSโ25) Morning Session [Advocacy Lab Content]
Held 100 days after the inauguration of the new European Commission and following the publication of the Clean Industrial Deal, the Competitiveness & Security Business Summit 2025 (CSBSโ25) provides a timely platform for high-level discussions on t…
The Clean Industrial Deal, what are the implications for competitiveness and security? [Advocacy Lab Content]
In this special report, Euractiv explores the prospects for European business in light of the Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and the Draghi Report.
What does the Clean Industrial Deal mean for Poland? [Advocacy Lab Content]
Bartek Czyczerski, CEO of Business Science Poland, says the countryโs structural challenges may need more time and investment than others, but there is major potential for rapid renewable energy growth.
LIVE NOW! Media Partnership โ Rural Energy Dialogue: Advancing the Clean Industrial Deal in Rural Areas? [Advocacy Lab Content]
Rural communities are more than energy consumersโthey are critical contributors to Europeโs industrial and energy ecosystem.
No industrial deal without power sector [Promoted content]
The future of European industry and EUโs competitiveness hinges on the successful transition of power sector and affordable energy prices. Cutting red tape, simplification or PPAs should be backed by solid finance instruments dedicated to deliver secur…
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days, graded
The Commission president promised to pull off seven political feats by March 10. Hereโs how she did.
EU to propose keeping mandatory gas-filling goals despite pushback from countries
Countries like Germany have pushed for a more flexible approach, complaining the targets could raise gas prices.
France likens EU plans to save its industry to paltry โhomeopathic remediesโ
Paris doesn’t think the Clean Industrial Deal is ambitious enough.
Meloniโs tightrope walk between Trump and Europe
In today’s edition of The Capitals, discover how villages in western Germany are shifting towards the far right, why Czechia is criticizing the “contradictory” Clean Industrial Deal, and so much more.
Czechia slam โcontradictoryโ Clean Industrial Deal
For Finance Minister Zbynฤk Stanjura the Clean Industrial Deal also ignores the financial burden of Europe’s growing defence needs.
EU reveals plans to hit climate goals by helping dirty industries clean up
European Commission recommits to 90% emissions cut by 2040, and will support steel and cement in transitionThe EU executive has insisted it will stay the course on its climate goals, while setting out plans to help Europeโs most polluting industries re…
Clean Industrial Deal goes big and pitches โฌ100 billion Decarbonisation Bank, EU preference
The blocโs new strategy to decarbonise and grow promises business incentives to companies going clean in the EU thanks to energy prices, lead markets, financial support and more.
Brussels confirms dramatic U-turn on corporate green rules
4 of 5 companies would be exempt from EU corporate sustainability reporting as part of Brussels’ anti-red tape drive.
Clean Industrial Deal must be โzero-pollutionโ for health, warn NGOs
Air pollution is a major environmental threat to health in the EU, causing hundreds of billions of euros in health costs each year.
The EU is right to make electrification a key pillar of the Clean Industrial Deal [Promoted content]
The EU is right to make renewables-based electrification a key pillar of the Clean Industrial Deal, argues WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson. It must now set up the right support mechanisms to help industry make the switch to run on cheap, home-grown electr…
What Roswallโs Clean Industrial Deal means for environmental policy
In this episode, host Giada Santana and Euractivโs environment reporter, Barbara Machado, explore the key elements of the proposal and what it means for environmental protection.
Brussels pitches โฌ100B for grand plan to boost made-in-EU clean manufacturing
The funding is part of the Clean Industrial Deal.
Europeโs Roadmap to Competitiveness and Security Needs a Reality Check [Promoted content]
The Clean Industrial Deal must address the real needs of a transforming economy. The upcoming Competitiveness & Security Business Summit will provide a platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities for European business, considering the Comm…
Europeโs top fossil fuel lobbyist eyes Trump-style climate rule bonfire
Europe will have to show itโs loyal to American gas if it wants to avoid a trade war, Franรงois-Rรฉgis Mouton told POLITICO.
Commission pushes EUโs 2040 climate law into spring
The 2040 target โwill be presented soon,โ said European Commission spokesperson.
Bulgarian EPP MEPs want EU budget to reflect blocโs defence needs
The Bulgarian MEPs insist that the recently announced Clean Industrial Deal should be transformed into a Security and Industry Deal.
German election results tilt EU back toward nuclear energy
Pro-atomic countries are optimistic that center-right winner Friedrich Merz can help ease the EU’s never-ending nuclear spat.
Leak: EU sticks to 90% emissions cut, aims to be โworld leaderโ on circular economy
The new European Commission promised a transformational Clean Industrial Deal within its first hundred days, but a leaked draft of the eagerly awaited policy agenda is largely a patchwork of previously announced initiatives.
EU pushes โBuy Europeanโ quotas in major plan to revive industry
A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal obtained by POLITICO reveals EU plans to drive climate-friendly manufacturing.
The EUโs masterplan for competing in industrial manufacturing
Euractiv has obtained a draft of the Clean Industrial Deal, due to be published next Wednesday.
Looser state aid rules aim to stoke clean tech demand
A European Commission draft sets out ways for governments to subsidize and boost clean-tech investments.
Nuclear sidelined in leaked rules on state aid for clean tech
A draft of updated rules on permissible state aid within the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal has no explicit mention of nuclear power, despite recent signals from the European Commission executive that it was beginning to see the technology as integr…
Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ, en mission pour le nuclรฉaire au sommet de lโEurope
Les difficultรฉs politiques et รฉconomiques de l’Allemagne sont une bonne occasion de marquer des points ร Bruxelles en matiรจre nuclรฉaire, estiment ses partisans.
Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ is on a nuclear mission as EU industry chief
With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
Nuclear missing from draft Clean Industrial Deal subsidy rules
And green hydrogen might get more preferable treatment than low-carbon hydrogen.
Germany calls for more subsidies, less red tape in EU Clean Industrial Deal
Germany wants businesses to be “freed” from the from “the shackles of unnecessary bureaucracy”.
The Clean Industrial Deal: facilitating and enabling a sustainable business case [Promoted content]
The cement industry is ambitious to reach net zero by 2050, with over 100 decarbonisation projects underway. Success also depends on a Clean Industrial Deal that delivers regulatory certainty, CO2 infrastructure, funding clarity, and lead markets for l…
EU industry chief says expect nuclear hydrogen in Clean Industrial Deal
“Europe will take a first step and clear rules will be established for low-carbon hydrogenโ
France pitches plan to halt decline of EU chemical industry
The law should list certain chemicals as critical to Europe’s strategic autonomy, copying similar policies for minerals and medicines.
Von der Leyen to host CEOs after unveiling EUโs economic plan
Leaders from the bloc’s biggest companies will convene in Antwerp for the Feb. 26 event.
EU must propel global climate momentum to fill the gap left by Trump
Europe has the potential to play an important role, but it will have to move fast, and be smart and more united than before.
Will the EUโs Clean Industrial Deal encourage carbon capture? [Advocacy Lab Content]
Businesses and MEPs have written to President von der Leyen urging her to include carbon capture, use and storage in her landmark strategy to be unveiled at the end of February.
The post Will the EUโs Clean Industrial Deal encourage carbon capture? app…
Commission VP Ribera on political tensions in the way of the Clean Industrial Deal
โLess than a month before the publication of the Clean Industrial Deal vision, Ribera speaks to host Giada Santana and EET editor Donagh Cagney about competitiveness, environmental NGOs lobbying, and the hostile political climate she faces.
The post Co…
Que contient le plan de von der Leyen pour sauver lโรฉconomie europรฉenne ?
POLITICO a analysรฉ chaque ligne de la boussole pour la compรฉtitivitรฉ de Bruxelles (pour vous รฉviter dโavoir ร le faire).
Building a Clean EU Industry [Promoted content]
Europeโs largest industry should be at the heart of the Clean Industrial Deal promised by a new college of European Commissioners, three senior industry officials explain.
The post Building a Clean EU Industry appeared first on Euractiv.
Whereโs the Competitiveness Compass pointing?
The European Commission’s policy plans point to growth even as it tries to hold on to ambitious climate goals.
EUโs Clean Industrial Deal to cover six themes from energy prices to trade
The contours of a mammoth industrial decarbonization strategy are taking shape ahead of its Feb. 26 unveiling.
Commissionโs competitiveness proposal gets bumped to Jan. 29
The EU’s Competitiveness Compass, aiming to set out the bloc’s economic strategy, has now been delayed by another week, according to a fresh agenda.
Green growth or green defeat? Europeโs Clean Industrial Deal in the balance [Advocacy Lab Content]
Paweล ลwieboda, Senior Visiting Fellow at the European Policy Centre, spoke with Euractiv about how Europe can ensure a green transition with industrial strength, despite Chinaโs dominance.
The post Green growth or green defeat? Europe’s Clean In…
Industry calls for collaboration to deliver โstrong and actionableโ Clean Industrial Deal [Advocacy Lab Content]
Breakthrough Energyโs Ann Mettler says a new approach is needed to tackle cross-sector challenges with more dynamic policy breadth and integration.
The post Industry calls for collaboration to deliver ‘strong and actionable’ Clean Industria…
New Clean Industrial Deal will bind EUโs industrial climate transformation to ambitious competitiveness [Advocacy Lab Content]
The new plan will complement ongoing efforts under the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU plan.
The post New Clean Industrial Deal will bind EUโs industrial climate transformation to ambitious competitiveness appeared first on Euractiv.
EUโs green future needs urgent impact with new Clean Industrial Deal [Advocacy Lab Content]
In December 2024, the average monthly price for natural gas in the US was $3.02 per million British thermal units (Btu), while in Europe it was about four times higher.ย
The post EU’s green future needs urgent impact with new Clean Industrial Dea…
Revolutionary โClean Industrial Dealโ needed for a sustainable and competitive Europe [Advocacy Lab Content]
Barriers to industrial electrification, including economic, technological, and regulatory challenges must be overcome, to achieve lower energy costs and accelerate green investment.
The post Revolutionary โClean Industrial Dealโ needed for a sustainabl…
Le plan de Stรฉphane Sรฉjournรฉ pour sauver lโindustrie europรฉenne
Le commissaire europรฉen prรฉpare une aide aux industries gourmandes en รฉnergie, visant ร stimuler la demande par le biais des marchรฉs publics.
Franceโs man in Brussels touts a strategy to save Europeโs embattled industry
The European Commission’s industry chief is lining up help for energy-hungry industries, aiming to stoke demand for them via public procurement.
The biggest battles headed for Brussels
What the EU will be squabbling about in VDLโs second term.
Polandโs role in shaping Europeโs energy transition and competitiveness
During a tumultuous yet transformative time, PKEE seeks to drive a cleaner, more prosperous and resilient region
Rightward shift in Europe puts pressure on Green Deal: Will key EU policy survive?
Today, the EUโs Green Deal faces pressure from an atmosphere of economic crisis: car factories in Germany are set to close, farmers protesting about excessive environmental protection measures, soaring energy bills for households. But as the recent fl…
Changing green rules wonโt help industry, EU climate chief says
Wopke Hoekstraโs own political family has led calls to tweak existing rules.
Seizing Europeโs industrial and decarbonized future
Implementing the Draghi report’s recommendations can secure Europeโs competitiveness, economic security and decarbonized future
5 things to know about Teresa Riberaโs hearing
Groans, moans, applause, scolding. It was more open-mic night than august debate.
Competition poses the toughest test for climate chief Ribera
Climate expert Teresa Ribera’s second job policing subsidies and deals is real head-scratcher with some big political risks.
Want food security? Eat less meat, major report says.
Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.
5 things to know about climate chief Wopke Hoekstraโs hearing
The Dutch politician defended green legislation but remained vague on future plans.ย
Love Trump? Hate MAGA? Where to escape if your team loses the US election.
We’ve pulled together a handy list of European safe spaces if you need to eject from America after Tuesday’s vote.
The future EU commissionersโ promises: Everything you need to know
We pored over more than 400 pages of written answers so you donโt have to.
Fly green or die: EU urged to stop reforming and start investing in aviation
The industry has had enough of new regulations to reduce emissions. Now it wants the money to do so.
Greta Thunberg blocks Brussels boulevard in fossil fuel protest
The EU’s energy taxation rules favor oil and gas despite efforts to reach net zero, experts say.
Berlinโs clean industry wish-list: Kick nuclear out of EU financing
Laying out key priorities for the EU’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, German Economy State Secretary Sven Giegold on Monday (30 September) wants the Commission to prioritise renewable energy, taking a tough line on nuclear power and Franceโs targets.
Common debt not โessentialโ for EU competitiveness, says Draghi
The regular issuance of common EU debt along the lines of the blocโs โฌ806.9 billion pandemic recovery fund is not โessentialโ for Europe to remain competitive with China and the US, Mario Draghi said on Monday (30 September).
Von der Leyenโs first 100 days: What sheโs promised, what it means and what sheโll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?
EU headed for โbig debate on fundingโ on clean industrial deal, Commission director says
The EUโs new clean industrial strategy must strike a balance between protecting key industries, not unduly shielding others, and creating a strong business case for clean products, key EU officials said on Wednesday (18 September).
How Teresa Ribera became the second-most powerful person in Brussels
Spainโs climate expert is poised to become the EUโs competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer โ all in one.
EPP plots to limit Socialist Riberaโs economic powers
Spainโs green ‘socialist heavyweight,’ Teresa Ribera, is in talks about a role in EU industrial policy, disconcerting center-right politicians.
Europeโs new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it
German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โslow agony.โ
The great Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
Advancing climate neutrality while strengthening competitiveness โ with a just and ambitious Clean Industrial Deal
The new EU Commission should build on the European Green Deal to strengthen Europeโs economic competitiveness and geopolitical relevance. A Clean Industrial Deal could serve both ends if designed correctly.
Von der Leyen threads the climate needle to keep her job
It was a love fest today. The green fights begin tomorrow
EU electionโs shift to right signals Green Industrial Deal validation [Advocacy Lab Content]
For industries that work with raw materials, the EU Parliamentโs shift to the right is being interpreted as a signal from voters that they want more attention paid to the economy.
The call for an EU Action Plan for rare diseases
Driving excellence: A new EU Action Plan for rare diseases that drives innovation, creativity and competitiveness can position the EU as a leader on the global stage.
2024 European election: Big day of voting as millions head to the polls โย live updates
Follow every twist and turn of the election with POLITICO’s rolling coverage.
Green Deal or Industrial Deal? Why Grids Always Matter! [Promoted content]
A well-established electricity infrastructure is not only key for the delivery of the Green Deal objectives but also a precondition for a competitive European industry. Given their relevance, grids must remain on top of the EUโs next strategic agenda.
The case for a European Green Industrial Deal
Today, the European Parliament votes on the Net-Zero Industry Act. What should have been Europe’s first real response to the American Inflation Reduction Act has ended up in disappointment. Originally intended to boost the production of clean technolog…
The clock is ticking on Europeโs competitiveness: Itโs time medical innovation is recognised for its strategic contribution to the EUโs competitiveness. [Promoted content]
As Europe enters a new legislative cycle, it charts a decisive course for the future of its life sciences sector, and the wellbeing of its citizens – navigating rapid advances in medical technology, while grappling with systemic healthcare challenges.
Letta to call for US-IRA-style funding, pan-European state aid contribution scheme
Europe must urgently enact measures to push a โcompetitive industrial strategyโ rivalling the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including through an EU-wide state aid contribution mechanism, Enrico Letta will tell the 27 EU leaders in a special report …
France, Germany and Italy eye โomnibusโ law to cut regulatory burden
Economy, finance and business ministers from France, Germany, and Italy are set to sketch out plans for a sweeping โomnibusโ law to cut requirements for businesses on Monday (8 April), turbo-charging industrialistsโ demand for a European Industrial de…
New fiscal rules need to support Europeโs industrial ambition
The European Industrial Summit in Antwerp and the subsequent Antwerp Declaration for an Industrial Deal put industrial policy back on the agenda of the EU, argue Judith Kirton-Darling, William Todts and Marco Mensink.
The European aluminium industryโs 5 policy priorities for 2024-2029 [Promoted content]
As a strategic raw material, aluminium plays a crucial role in the EU’s journey towards climate neutrality by 2050 and achieving a green transition โmade in Europeโ. Its applications range from wind turbines and solar panels to electric vehicles and ba…
In Antwerp, European industry kicks off fight for its future
A high-level industrial competitiveness declaration attended by EU heavyweights has kicked off a public debate about how far Europe should go in supporting domestic industries, and how green goals and industry can be meshed together.