Crises of confidence. Fears of the disindustrialisation of Europe and the crisis of confidence in the future of European industry are a reality, said Philippe Herzog after a colloquium held last week by the association “Confrontations Europe” to debate industrial problems in the context of the Lisbon Strategy. In his view, the need for a European industrial policy has not yet been clearly recognised by the EU institutions, but it is increasingly demanded by civil society, which wants to...