“In concrete terms, what we want is for this sector to be eligible for cohesion policy, contrary to what the European Commission had planned”, announced Valérie Debord, Vice-President of the Grand Est Region in France and of the Automotive Regions Alliance (ARA), at a press conference on Tuesday 17 June, on the occasion of the ARA’s European conference.
Launched by the European Committee of the Regions, the ARA brings together nearly 40 European regions with automotive ecosystems,...