The new European competitiveness fund, meant to close the industry and innovation gap with the US and China, has exposed sharp divisions between western EU member states and faster-growing eastern ones.
Speaking at the competitiveness council of ministers in Brussels on Monday (29 September), French EU industry commissioner Stéphane Séjourné presented the fund...
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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.