European Industrial Policy
European industrial policy can be understood as government actions by the European Union (EU) and its Member states, including subsidies, taxation, and the regulation of goods, services, and production factors intended to achieve economic outcomes that would not naturally emerge under fully free markets or to steer the structure of economic activity toward specific sectors, technologies, or tasks[1][2]
Historical Overview
Early struggles
Market integration vs market liberalisation
Renaissance of industrial policy
Tools
Horizontal Industrial Policy
Sectoral Industrial Policy
Intervention tools
European Digital Industrial Policy
European Defence Industrial Policy
Criticism
Financialization
Market liberalisation vs. protectionism
Unequal fiscal capacities
Notes
References
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