08/03/2023

From reactiveness to action: a coherent green industrial policy is the EU´s only alternative

Our researcher Daniel Šitera has contributed to the TEPSA Experts' Debrief, arguing that coherent green industrial policy is the EU´s only alternative.

Europe’s ambivalent response to the (Inflation Reduction Act) IRA reminds a story of the emperor’s new green clothes. Although the EU’s discourse of strategic sovereignty has promised to make Europe ready to act independently, the continent still seems to be reacting to the global developments. Indeed, the EU's fear that its own Green Deal could be inadequate compared to the IRA raises an inevitable question; is the emperor naked?

You can find the full debrief in the link below.