Industry

Chemical industries manufacturing and selling toxic chemicals have escaped EU regulations despite mounting evidence on their harms.

The EU tried in vain to create the world economy in its own image. Now it is turning to industrial policy to assertively protect its model against the policies of others. A new European industrial policy could democratise, accelerate, and make the green and digital transitions more just. To achieve these benefits, it requires European not national funding, needs to boost additional investment rather than the profits of established firms, and must be transparent, conditional, and inclusive.

EU trade policy offers carbon-heavy industries an implicit subsidy to pollute, undermining efforts to tackle climate change.

Villagers have mobilised to fight both for their homes and for more ambition in German energy policy.

We sat down with Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP and economist, to discuss the EU’s sustainable finance package, alternatives to the current banking model and the role of speculation in Brexit.

A report from Finland on textiles and the clothing industry’s future in a circular economy.

An analysis of the possibilities for organised labour in an age of automation and climate change.

From working time reduction and circular economy to basic income, the right choices could make the future of work fair and secure for all.

Profound change is coming in the transport sector, the rules of which are being rewritten by the digital revolution. Changes to the way we move around call into question models of ownership and the reign of the private car. We discuss these crucial developments with French Green MEP Karima Delli, President of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee.

The automotive industry is in store for drastic change in the next ten years as the car is practically being reinvented and Germany and China compete to develop electric car technology.