EU clean industry law's use of foreign investment tools queried by member states
By Cynthia Kroet ( April 23, 2026, 13:42 GMT | Insight) -- Planned use of EU foreign direct investment tools as a means to safeguard European added value in strategic sectors has been questioned by a group of member states, MLex has learned. In a first discussion on the FDI chapter of the European Commission's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, meant to decouple the bloc from other regions and tighten investment rules, national representatives called the thresholds "far-reaching and complex."The European Commission's planned use of foreign direct investment tools as a means to safeguard European added value in strategic sectors has been questioned by a group of member states, MLex has learned....
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