SECTORAL POLICIES

COMPETITIVENESS: Industrial Accelerator Act – on geographical scope and public procurement, Paris confirms it wants ‘opt in’ for third countries

Brussels, 28/08/2026 (Agence Europe)

In a policy letter disclosed by the French media outlet La Lettre on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), the French government called on 4 August for the European co-legislators to define “more robust requirements” as regards European content criteria in order to maximise the effect of the IAA and “increase production in the EU27” (see EUROPE B13922A9).

In this note, seen by Agence Europe, the French government consequently proposes two criteria for establishing this framework:...