CAN Europe welcomes the consultation on the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF). We acknowledge the important role of targeted state aid provisions to accelerate the industrial transformation for our economy to fit within planetary boundaries and deliver for European people, whenever a genuine additionality of public finance is ensured.
In general terms, we have the following four concerns when it comes to the further development of the EU’s policy framework for state aid.
So far, the increasing flexibility of state aid provisions in the EU has not been matched with EU fiscal and political capacity to coordinate public spending in a way that ensures internal cohesion. There is a risk that the CISAF will further widen the gap between member states with deep fiscal pockets and those without the possibility of benefiting from increasing flexibility.
Access the full submission for consultation here.
For more information:
Greg Van Elsen, Senior Production & Consumption Coordinator, greg.van.elsen@caneurope.org
