“Time [has come] for Cleantech Made in Europe”, insisted 115 representatives of the clean technology industry in a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné on 28 January.
Speaking ahead of the Industrial Accelerator Act, scheduled for 25 February, the Cleantech for Europe association believes that the EU “can no longer deploy its own public funding and procurement to support global competitors”. ‘Made in Europe’ is a “strategic, precision tool for key cleantech value chains – not blanket protectionism”.
It does not restrict market access or consumer choice, but to be effective, the concept will need to be applied “consistently across the EU [...], [be] phased in gradually [...], fully price in security [and] come with [...] requirements” such as “[measures] for Foreign Direct Investment to avoid circumvention: - locating value-add manufacturing in the EU beyond final assembly; - technology and intellectual property development in the EU; - commitment to hire and train European citizens.
Link to the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/kn5 (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)