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France urges looser EU competition rules
The EU's competition policy is preventing the creation of strong European companies and needs to be more flexible, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday.
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Future industrial policy to focus on competitiveness
Faced with manufacturing output that is still below its peak of 12% two years ago, the European Commission outlined plans on Thursday (28 October) aimed at revving up factories, textile mills and other industrial businesses.
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Paris woos Commission on industrial policy
Stimulating innovation and preventing companies from fleeing abroad are the keys to success for a new EU industrial policy, stressed French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi during a visit to Brussels yesterday (2 September). But one of the main potential weapons of the strategy, the controversial "country of origin" labelling, remains blocked at EU Council level.
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EU industrial policy finds renewed support with crisis
Business leaders and trade groups put forward various models for an EU industrial policy during an event organised by the Confrontations Europe think-tank in Strasbourg this month. EURACTIV France reports.
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Ministers sketch vague plans for EU ‘industrial policy’
European industry ministers began mapping out a new industrial policy for Europe when they met in Brussels yesterday (1 March), stressing the need for a "coordinated and timely exit strategy" from the economic crisis.
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Manufacturing takes centre stage in new industrial policy
Manufacturing industries are returning to the heart of the debate on how to put Europe back on a sustainable growth path, as business leaders warn against an over-reliance on the services sector.
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Oettinger calls for re-industrialisation strategy
Policies governing the European Union's drive towards a low-carbon economy should not lose sight of the need to retain the bloc's industrial base, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said in a newspaper column today (16 July).
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EU’s industrial policy plans hinge on hefty budget increase
SPECIAL REPORT / Innovative technologies will form the core of a new industrial policy that the European Commission will put forward next month. But its success relies on a sharp increase of the EU's budget, which will be a hard sell for cash-strapped EU nations struggling to contain their budget deficits.
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Social issues: The missing link of industrial policy
SPECIAL REPORT / The absence of any reference to social issues in the European Commission's upcoming communication on industrial policy – seen by EURACTIV – reflects an ongoing logjam over social policy among EU member states.
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After setbacks, EU prepares to make new venture into industrial policy
SPECIAL REPORT / A European Commission communication to re-launch European industrial policy – to be published next month and seen by EURACTIV – will face diffidence from member states left unconvinced by a string of unfulfilled initiatives and divided over what such a policy should deliver.
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Trade ‘reciprocity’ is key battlefield for European industry
SPECIAL REPORT / EU plans to introduce new trade reciprocity rules that could block foreign companies from European contracts will prove a key battleground as member states prepare to debate a new industrial policy initiative next month.
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Commission to push for industrial champions
SPECIAL REPORT / A European Commission paper setting the future direction for industrial policy, to be published next month, marks a departure from the past by setting a clear preference for sectoral focuses. The aim is to avoid the pitfalls of past attempts to create supranational champions.
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French industry chief: ‘We insist on reciprocity at all levels’
The European Commission should depart from its current silo thinking and look at specific industrial sectors from a holistic perspective, which takes into account competition rules, state aid and environmental policy in an international context, argues François Gayet.
