The EU industry ministers met in Genk, on the former Thor Park mining site, on Friday 9 February for an informal meeting on the theme of ‘The future of European industry and the internal market’. According to the Flemish government’s Minister for the Economy and Innovation, Jo Brouns, who chaired the meeting, the participants’ reflections should feed into future EU Council conclusions. The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council wants “to have a real impact on future policies”, he...