Unpacking the European clean industrial agenda

While negotiations for the next EU budget are underway, the European Commission’s plan to set up the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) as the main vehicle to achieve its clean industrial agenda. In today’s episode Marilisa Marigliano talks with Angela Wigger and Rodrigo Fernandez to debunk the InvestEU program, which is set to be the cornerstone of the ECF, raising urgent questions about who benefits, an who actually decides the direction of Europe’s green transition. They expose the power relations and governance flaws that open the door for distortions in achieving a truly just transition in European industry. Are there alternatives to the current industrial policy? What would a transformative agenda look like?

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Unpacking the European clean industrial agenda is an episode from EU Watchdog Radio by Corporate Europe Observatory and Counter Balance.

This episode is 00:46:49 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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