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🌱 A new chapter for the Cleantech Friendship Group in the European Parliament 🏭 Today, recently elected members of the European Parliament across parties met for an inaugural discussion in Strasbourg, laying the foundation and mission for a renewed Cleantech Friendship Group. Top priorities for EU clean technologies were discussed looking ahead to the new mandate, including: 👩🏭 Developing an Industrial Deal that focuses on #cleantech leadership and jobs, and leverages a deepened #singlemarket 💶 Financing the #industrialisation of clean technologies in Europe, with de-risking instruments and by completing the Capital Markets Union 🏹 Increasing strategic focus and allow the EU to build up cleantech manufacturing in a few key sectors 🤝 Building a coalition for cleantech leadership in the European Parliament, leveraging vision and expertise for the long-term #competitiveness of the European economy Congrats to Lídia Pereira and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin for chairing this session, and to Vice-President Martin Hojsik, Michael Bloss, Hildegard Bentele, Annalisa Corrado, minister Isabella Lövin, Paulo Cunha, minister Bruno Tobback, former commissioner Vytenis Andrukaitis, Niels Flemming Hansen and Niels Fuglsang for their leadership on this critical topic. Grateful to founding members who joined us this morning as well as to the many MEPs joining our discussions for the first time. Thanks also to the cleantech experts joining us from around the EU Julia Reinaud, Domien Vangenechten, Marlène Siméon, Bianca Dragomir, Julian Joswig and Federico Cuppoloni Stay tuned to hear about the Group’s next steps!
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