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Helping workers hone their skills is supposedly a central pillar of the EUs Green Industrial plan — but details so far have been sparse (Photo: Sol)

EU industrial policy forgets one important detail: people

Last week (Thursday, 9 February), European leaders agreed to 'simpler' state-aid rules. This will allow countries more room to subsidise their clean industries and match the €343bn US subsidies bonanza under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

"Today we give impetus to the pillars [of the green industrial strategy]," said EU Council president Charles Michel.

When Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte exited the council building at 3 AM on Friday, he sounded cheerful. Others seemingly ra...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Helping workers hone their skills is supposedly a central pillar of the EUs Green Industrial plan — but details so far have been sparse (Photo: Sol)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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