Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001674/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Fredis Beleris (PPE)
The new reality of the tariff war that has broken out is changing the way businesses operate, since it creates major challenges, especially for the developing peripheries of Europe. The industries and crafts that were active in the countryside and on islands constituted the ‘lungs’ of local economies and allowed residents to remain in situ.
The complexity of European rules and deficiencies in infrastructure remain significant difficulties, which prevent entrepreneurship in remote and island areas, leading to the closure of industries in many of them. This has led to the transfer of a large part of the production of many companies to non-EU countries, whether bordering the EU or not, which are naturally outside the regulatory framework. It is telling that many everyday products reach the European market with a ‘European stamp’, without however being produced in the EU, making our continent dependent on non-EU countries and affected by possible trade tariffs.
In view of the above:
- 1.Does the Commission intend to carry out an assessment of the impact of de-industrialisation on the local economy of remote and island regions?
- 2.Does the Commission intend to provide financial incentives for the development of the primary and secondary sectors in areas on the verge of economic and productive decline, and in particular in remote and island regions?
- 3.Does the Commission intend to introduce into European industrial policy the management of the challenges of de-industrialisation of remote and island regions?
Submitted: 25.4.2025