Industry

In the face of multiple complex challenges, the EU is taking action to strengthen its industrial base to make it more competitive, autonomous and resilient.

The EU is also working on reducing its industries' footprint.

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Support to EU industries

EU industry accounts for:

The EU is investing in a number of critical sectors, including by supporting workforce training and the development of specialised skills.

Defence

Clean energy

Net-zero technology products

Space

The EU industrial policy

Strategic autonomy

To remain in control over its future, the EU is looking to reduce its technological and industrial dependencies notably by diversifying international partnerships and supporting new industrial alliances in strategic areas.

Critical raw materials

EU chips industry

A resilient single market

Drawing upon lessons learnt from recent crisis, one of the key objectives of the European industrial strategy is to strengthen the resilience of the single market.

The EU is working on how to:

anticipate, prepare for and respond to the impact of future disruptions
support small and medium-sized enterprises with tailored measures
further complete and deepen its single market

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Single market

Make industries cleaner

The EU is working on reducing the footprint of European industries without hampering their growth.

EU countries have, for instance, set common rules to limit emissions generated by industrial activities which harm human health and the environment.