EU countries divided about investment threshold in planned clean industry law
By Cynthia Kroet ( July 6, 2026, 11:20 GMT | Insight) -- EU member states have differing views on the size of foreign direct investment that would trigger supervision from the European Commission in a planned law which aims to strengthen Europe's industrial capacity and accelerate decarbonization, minutes of their discussions seen by MLex show. EU nations are negotiating the Industrial Accelerator Act, or IAA, which includes measures to set investment conditions and tighten screening of foreign investments in strategic sectors, in particular aimed at reducing EU industry's dependency on China.EU member states have differing views on the size of foreign direct investment that would trigger supervision from the European Commission in a planned law which aims to strengthen Europe's industrial capacity and accelerate decarbonization, minutes of their discussions seen by MLex show. ...
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