Overview
- Seventy percent support requiring companies that sell in the EU to locate part of their production in Europe, and 90% want subsidies conditioned on securing jobs in Europe.
- The representative Civey survey questioned 2,500 adults on 9–10 February, with 83% favoring EU job guarantees for firms winning public contracts.
- The Commission’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act would set minimum European content in strategic sectors including batteries, solar, wind, hydrogen and electric vehicles, leveraging the EU’s more than €2 trillion in annual public procurement.
- Reuters-reported provisions include a 70% EU share for EV components excluding batteries and potential location conditions for investments exceeding €100 million.
- Germany’s government is divided, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz cautious and the CDU-led economics ministry advocating a softer “Made with Europe” approach that has contributed to delays.