‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competition

One key EU proposal is the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), which would require authorities spending public money – awarding subsidies or public contracts – to favour European products in sectors such as renewable technologies and electric cars…

…“European taxpayers’ money should support [European] workers and European factories,” the French industry minister, Sébastien Martin, told reporters.

Fair enough I guess. If the UK wants the benefits of being part of a big European club then I guess we need to sign up to that club. Maybe Brexit was a mistake.

  • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The UK has always been more like the USA than many European countries are. It’s unsurprising if you consider the history. Britain has a strong history of liberalism, individualism and capitalism, more so I think than its European neighbours. That spread to/cross-pollinated with those factors in the USA.

    It would be wrong to see Britain as a colony of the USA rather than a country which is influenced by it for good and bad.