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European Steel in Action 2025
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EUROFER’s Steel in Action captures a pivotal moment for the European steel sector. As global overcapacity, unfair trade practices, high energy prices, carbon costs and decarbonisation investment challenges converge, the EU has begun to respond - most notably through the new Clean Industrial Deal and the long-awaited Steel and Metals Action Plan. A fast-changing geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape is also redefining Europe’s route to a greener, more resilient and competitive industrial future.
This booklet outlines how Europe’s steel industry - represented and led by EUROFER - is navigating these complex challenges, from trade and energy to climate policy and industrial competitiveness. With a spotlight on the EU’s new policy frameworks, it presents key developments, policy milestones and industry trends impacting the future of EU steel.
Above all, the booklet tracks the progress already made and the urgent steps still needed to make Europe #StrongerWithEUSteel - and avoid the irreversible cost of inaction.
It’s time to act. It’s time to #SaveEUSteel.
The full booklet is available below.
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Brussels, 26 February 2026 — Europe’s steel industry has warned that the current draft Industrial Accelerator Act could direct public support for low-carbon steel to producers outside the European Union, unless lawmakers include and tighten ‘Made in Europe’ provisions.
Brussels, 24 February 2026 - Europe’s energy-intensive industries have set out a series of proposals to ensure that the EU’s upcoming Electrification Action Plan delivers on its objectives to stimulate and boost electricity consumption in industry. In a joint position paper, industries warn that persistently high electricity prices risk undermining industrial competitiveness and decarbonisation efforts. They call for a policy framework that will enable EU industry in pursuing decarbonisation and industrial competitiveness.
Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) provide direct employment to around 2.6 million people in the EU and represent the foundations of critical and strategic value chains for the EU economy and society. The current economic and energy outlook of the European Union is making investments in electrification and the continued business operation of our sectors at serious risk, should the energy-cost challenge not be solved.
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