On Wednesday 24 March, ahead of the European Council and the update of the industrial strategy, Pedro Sánchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, and Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, published a joint vision of what the EU’s strategic autonomy should be and, above all, what it should not be: protectionism in disguise.
“The EU’s strategic autonomy does not imply isolationism or economic protectionism; rather it should be built on principles of multilateralism, cooperation...