On Tuesday 8 July, the European Commission, through its Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, presented a European Chemicals Industry Action Plan, for an industry whose worldwide sales have fallen by half since 2023. In the absence of impact studies, the Commission based its proposals on requests made by the sector in recent months, notably as part of a “strategic dialogue”. This means supporting the production of molecules and demand in...