Competitiveness has overtaken sustainability as the key buzzword in European industrial policy. The Parliament's latest policy report explores how Europe's policymakers can deliver the Clean Industrial Deal.
After a punishing half-decade for the global economy and a bloc-wide political shift to the right, competitiveness has overtaken sustainability as the key buzzword in European industrial policy.
In February, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), a plan to align Green Deal climate legislation with a new industrial strategy.
The Parliament spoke with MEP Christian Ehler about how the CID can cut red tape while delivering green growth, Federica Di Sario reports on the critical minerals’ scramble, and I explore renewed momentum behind an energy union.
Energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen makes the case for a cleaner, cheaper and more connected energy system, MEP Aura Salla and MEP Annalisa Corrado debate the balance between business support and green ambition.
Instability and limited resources threaten to hold Europe back, but pressure is mounting to turn the CID from rhetoric into reality. These topics will be uncovered further at May’s Sustainability Summit.
- Matt Lynes, commissioning editor, special projects & opinion