Keen not to pit the European Union’s climate and industrial ambitions against each other - as it had already done at the last meeting of European environment ministers (see EUROPE B13712A3) - France brought the issue of reconciling the 2040 climate target with European industrial competitiveness to the ‘Competitiveness’ Council on Monday 29 September.
A ‘miscellaneous’ point that was justified by the desire to pursue “strengthening competitiveness and European...