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The new Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework loosens the meshes of state aid to allow European countries to provide more and faster subsidies to companies investing in green technologies, i.e. in equipment and components for solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, heat pumps, electrolysers, carbon capture and storage devices, and for the production and recycling of critical raw materials.

Under scrutiny by Member States, the European Commission's proposal to change state aid rules has raised questions: does the planned boost to stimulate green investment put European cohesion at risk?

A guide to the new Green Deal Industrial Plan

The European Commission presented yesterday what is supposed to be the European response to the debated U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: the new Green Deal Industrial Plan, an ambitious instrument that aims at enhancing the competitiveness of Europe's net-zero industry and at supporting the fast transition to climate neutrality.