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Statement from the Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries on the 'Clean energy for all Europeans' package
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The Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries (AEIIs) represents more than 30,000 European companies. Together, these are amongst Europe's largest energy consumers and directly employ more than 2.8 million people. The AEII wants to make a success of the Energy Union. We see it as a potential enabler for European industrial competitiveness and as a unique opportunity to deliver on Europe’s ambitious transition to a low-carbon energy system.
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Letter to Commission President von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Sejourne'
Brussels, 27 November 2024 – The European steel industry is at a critical juncture, facing irreversible decline unless the EU and Member States take immediate action to secure its future and green transition. Despite repeated warnings from the sector, the EU leadership and governments have yet to implement decisive measures to preserve manufacturing and allow green investments across Europe. Recent massive production cuts and closure announcements by European steelmakers show that time has run out. A robust European Steel Action Plan under an EU Clean Industrial Deal cannot wait or manufacturing value chains across Europe will simply vanish, warns the European Steel Association.
Brussels, 12 November 2024 - Ahead of Commissioner-Designate Séjourné’s hearing in the European Parliament, European steel social partners, supported by cross-party MEPs, jointly call for an EU Steel Action Plan to restore steel’s competitiveness, and save its green transition as well as steelworkers’ jobs across Europe.