Energy-intensive industry: How to stay competitive and avoid inefficient subsidy races

With the Clean Industrial Deal and the Affordable Energy Action Plan, the EU Commission wants to reduce energy prices in the short and long term – including through subsidies. This also harbors risks, write Lukas Bertram, Andreas Eisl, Philipp Jäger and Philipp C. Verpoort in today's Opinion.

Last updated: 24. July 2025