Spain, France are industrial champions of Europe at the bilateral summit |
BARCELONA, 19 january (Reuters) – USA‘s efforts to develop green technology Europe should not lead to the collapse of the industry, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday in Barcelona President of France He said after signing a new bilateral agreement with Emmanuel Macron.
Agreement between both countries Europe an ambitious plan aimed at supporting the adoption of measures to protect companies from economic coercion and unfair practices, as well as “strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy and recovery capacity Europe calls to support the industrial policy.
Industry references USAon how to respond to government support measures under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). European Union comes during intense discussions within.
369 EU countries to fight climate change billion dollars fear that the investment IRA will unfairly hurt their companies because most of the subsidies go only to products made in North America.
“We USA“We welcome the joining of the green transition, but we must come to an agreement so that this transition does not lead to the deindustrialization of Europe,” Sanchez said at a joint press conference with Macron.
Macron said it was important to “react very actively” regarding the IRA. “We need to accelerate our green technology and Made in Europe strategy,” he said.
Madrid said the new treaty of friendship and cooperation had raised bilateral ties to the level that Spain has only with Portugal, and similar France-Conforms to the German contract.
The parties also agreed to work together for a stronger defense of Europe’s borders and interests NATOThey emphasized that it will go hand in hand with membership.
According to police estimates, about 6,500 Catalan separatists protested Sanchez’s stance on independence in front of the museum where the summit was held. protest did.
2018After coming to power in 2017, the Socialist leader led a separatist push in Spain’s biggest in decades. political after causing one of the crises, he took a peaceful approach to the independence movement of the northeastern region.
Catalonia’s regional leader, Pere Aragones, greeted Sanchez and Macron before the summit, but both countries left without singing their national anthems.
(This story has been corrected to change the number of protesters from 65,000 to 6,500 in the ninth paragraph)
Reporting by Joan Faus; Added by Sudip Kar-Gupta report; Written by David Latona and Joan Faus; Andrei Khalipm Edited by Charlie Devereux and Alex Richardson
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2023-01-20 05:23:33
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