Source: European Parliament
Question for oral answer O-000020/2025
to the Commission
Rule 142
Tom Berendsen
on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
European industry is currently facing enormous challenges. The Clean Industrial Deal sets out the long-awaited joint plan to strengthen Europe’s industrial decarbonisation and competitiveness, foster clean innovation, safeguard jobs and boost resilience and strategic autonomy. But time is running out. We therefore urge the Commission to move swiftly from strategy to delivery, with greater ambition and concrete, accelerated action.
- 1.How does the Commission plan to ensure the rapid and effective implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal and related measures across Member States?
- 2.When will financing and support be made available to industry via the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank? What role does the Commission envisage for the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank within the governance of the Competitiveness Fund?
- 3.How will the Commission incentivise renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production and usage? How will the Commission follow up on the study on renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs) to increase renewable hydrogen production and lower its prices for consumers?
- 4.How will the Commission support the creation of lead markets for EU-made clean, circular and low-carbon products, apart from voluntary carbon intensity labels and sustainability and resilience criteria and standards?
- 5.What specific measures will the Commission take to coordinate and support the upskilling and reskilling of workers for the clean industrial transition, including in rural industrial regions?
- 6.How will the Commission address permitting bottlenecks for industrial access to energy and industrial decarbonisation in the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act while respecting environmental safeguards and protecting human health, and will the Commission assess criteria for targeted exemptions for construction emissions and depositions for clean and net-zero projects, storage and grid projects?
- 7.What measures does the Commission plan to propose under the Electrification Action Plan, such as integrating flexibility? What additional efforts are proposed to support the energy-efficiency sector?
- 8.How will the Commission ensure the effective and proactive use of trade defence instruments to protect European industry from unfair competition and industrial overcapacity from non-EU countries while upholding a level playing field in the internal market?
- 9.Will the Commission propose a workable export solution before the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) enters into force, and what workable solutions is it considering?
Submitted: 5.6.2025
Lapses: 6.9.2025
Last updated: 11 June 2025