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“Like the European Council, we the undersigned are deeply concerned about Europe’s competitiveness,” their joint letter published on Tuesday (10 March) states. 

It's not a great message [if] it's being delayed yet again," said Victor van Hoorn, director of industry group Cleantech for Europe, "particularly as we see it as an essential tool if we want to have a chance o

The clean tech industry, meanwhile, welcomed the upcoming Commission's plan to prioritise the European industry, but it also called for caution not to isolate the EU from key economic partners who play a crucia

Companies differ in opinion as to whether local content requirements can boost EU industry

Are the EU's proposals to encourage manufacturing to stay in the region pragmatic or protectionist?

Europe's latest measures to expand domestic critical minerals supplies lack the funding tools needed to spur investment and wrestle supplies from dominant countries like China.

Changing the phaseout of free allowances and other moves to weaken the ETS lessens the incentive for large industrials to adopt clean technologies, says Cleantech for Europe executive director Jules Besnainou.

"The shift in emphasis is "not an accident but by design," since "addressing concerns around climate change and decarbonisation is inseparable from strengthening Europe's competitiveness and energy security."

Of the €7.1bn awarded from the bloc’s flagship innovation programme for clean tech, only 5% has been paid out.

The annual Cleantech for Europe Summit returned to Brussels for its fifth edition. Cleantech and investment leaders to discuss a critical question for clean industry in Europe: To Lead or Not To Lead?

Victor van Hoorn, director at the industry group Cleantech for Europe, said that Europe needed to act faster to shore up its critical mineral supply chains after the ‘‘wake-up call’’ of the Chinese export contr

"It's essential that foreign investments, such as in batteries and other clean tech, come with technology transfer and the skilling of European workforce. This needs to be agreed upon at EU level"