EU policymakers responsible for drafting a report on the European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) have set out measures for boosting Europe’s manufacturing sectors.
Plans for the IAA were first unveiled in March this year. At the time, proposals included introducing EU-made content requirements for products benefiting from public funds, including solar PV and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Since then, three Members of European Parliament – Renew Europe’s Christophe Grudler, S&D’s Pierre Jouvet, and the Green’s Anna Cavazzini – have been tasked with developing a draft report on the IAA, which is due for publication this week.
According to an update posted by centre-right party Renew Europe earlier this week, key measures of their draft review include raising the threshold for Made in Europe and low-carbon products in strategic sectors to 50% by 2036, ensuring that public funds support domestic industries and sustainability.
It also commits to increasing EU content in net-zero technologies, such as solar panels, heat pumps, wind turbines and nuclear power plants.
Renew’s update adds that clearer safeguards, including stricter definitions and component requirements, should be introduced in order to “close the door on circumvention and guarantee public funds truly benefit European industries”.
“When member states put more than €2,500 billion of public money on the table every year, through public procurement and state aid, while at the same time letting one billion euros a day flow to China, something is going terribly wrong,” Jouvet said. “European citizens are entitled to expect that part of that money goes to companies that pay wages, train European workers including young people and invest in the green transition close to where they live.”
Grudler added that the draft report proposes “simple, clear and applicable rules, without unnecessary administrative burdens for businesses and local authorities.”
“Facing fierce global competition, we must build and consolidate the value chains of our strategic sectors in Europe: from steel and aluminium to the automotive industry and clean technologies,” he added.
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