EU Clean Industrial Deal
Business welcomes Commission proposals, calls for rapid implementation. Chemicals Industry Package for late 2025. The European Commission published the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) on 26th February, a year after the Antwerp Declaration of business leaders calling for such a Deal, including the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), of which pinfa is a Sector Group. The Commission’s CID aims to make decarbonisation a driver for economic growth, quality jobs and business resilience, by removing dependency on energy prices and imported resources. It will particularly target energy-intensive industries (including chemicals), the clean-tech sector and circularity. A Chemicals Industry Package, announced for late 2025, will recognise the sector’s strategic role as “industry of industries” and will aim to enhance the EU chemical industry’s competitiveness, supporting modernisation, production and innovation in Europe. Cefic says: The Antwerp Declaration remains an urgent call to revitalise Europe’s industrial landscape. Europe’s industries stand ready to do their part and continue supporting policymakers in building a competitive, resilient and sustainable future in Europe amid shifting geopolitics.
Cefic statement 26th February 2025: https://cefic.org/media-corner/newsroom/cleanindustrialdealantwerp/
Amsterdam Declaration, 20th February 2024, see pinfa Newsletter n°158.
European Commission “Clean Industrial Deal. A plan for EU competitiveness and decarbonisation”, 26th February 2025 https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/clean-industrial-deal_en
