On the Clean Industrial Deal
B-10-2025-0277
on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Tom Berendsen
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Parliament welcomes the Clean Industrial Deal and urges the Commission to move from strategy to action, expanding proposed measures to strengthen competitiveness, decarbonisation and resilience.¶ It supports the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank and the Action Plan for Affordable Energy, calling for measures on energy infrastructure, permitting, skills, lead markets, circular economy, trade defence, CBAM, carbon management, SME funding and sector-specific plans.¶¶¶
Key points
- Welcomes the Clean Industrial Deal as a first step and urges swift implementation, with further measures to ensure a strong industrial base and quality jobs.¶
- Supports the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank mobilising EUR 100 billion and a EUR 1 billion pilot auction; calls for broader Member State participation and investment criteria based on carbon impact, scalability and security of supply.¶
- Supports the Action Plan for Affordable Energy, including PPAs and two-way CfDs; calls for de-risking tools and hybrid PPAs to help energy-intensive industries.¶
- Calls for boosting cross-border energy infrastructure and achieving the 15 % interconnection target; urges completion of the Energy Union and deeper market integration.¶
- Calls for finalising the Energy Taxation Directive revision and harmonising network tariff methodologies, while providing short-term relief to industry and households.¶
- Encourages coordinated state aid on common priorities, with public support linked to safeguarding jobs and social dialogue.¶
- Endorses simplification and digitalisation for permitting, including in the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act; urges Member States to implement the Renewable Energy Directive and NZIA.¶
- Recognises renewable and nuclear energy as essential; calls for cooperation on small modular reactors and research on fusion.¶
- Calls for an EU strategy on energy flexibility, grid modernisation, and recognition of energy efficiency as a strategic sector.¶
- Calls for a swift, technology-neutral definition of low-carbon hydrogen and a study on RFNBO rules to boost renewable hydrogen production.¶
- Urges sectoral dialogues and annual monitoring of industrial ecosystems; calls for a coordinated industrial skills strategy and use of EU funds for reskilling.¶¶
- Welcomes lead markets for clean products, voluntary carbon intensity labels, circular economy measures, trade defence, CBAM simplification, carbon management, SME funding and sector-specific action plans.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- Energy-intensive industries and clean tech sector: receive support for decarbonisation, access to funding and market opportunities.¶¶¶
- Member States: urged to implement energy and permitting reforms, coordinate state aid, and achieve interconnection targets.¶¶¶
- SMEs: benefit from simplified funding applications and faster approval in EU instruments.¶
- Workforce: targeted up- and reskilling through EU instruments like ESF+ and Erasmus+.¶
- Non-EU actors: face trade defence measures and CBAM, with restrictions on market access for those causing distortions.¶¶