The European Parliament adopted (486 votes in favour, 109 against and 102 abstentions) on Wednesday 25 November an own-initiative report, championed by Carlo Calenda (S&D, Italy), on March’s industrial strategy with a view to its review early next year (see EUROPE B12561A8), in which MEPs strongly emphasise the need to guarantee the EU’s strategic autonomy in the light of the health crisis.
From the very first paragraphs of the report, the tone is set by parliamentarians. They thus...