"Polluters get paid: a costly ‘Industrial Deal’ by and for industry"
🧵Read this thread with immediate reactions from CEO on the Commission's so-called #CleanIndustrialDeal #CID
Press release here: https://corporateeurope.org
🧵Read this thread with immediate reactions from CEO on the Commission's so-called #CleanIndustrialDeal #CID
Press release here: https://corporateeurope.org
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🧪 breaks with past ambitions on chemicals
🏭 deepens EU commitment to false climate solutions
💶 gives billions to the most polluting industries via State aid & EU funds
⚖️ amends laws to suit industry's agenda
✂️ weakens recently adopted laws in deregulation drive
🔍 The CID was first demanded at a closed meeting with Von der Leyen & then-Council President de Croo in Antwerp Feb '24.
✅ All 🔟 demands made in the "Antwerp Declaration" appear to be met
🍂 The CTDs were launched by the Commission in autumn 2023 to gather the views of "stakeholders"
🏭 They were dominated by corporations, particularly particularly energy companies + the fossil fuel industry
It should come as no surprise that many of these corporations & their trade associations are among the biggest lobby spenders in Brussels 🇪🇺
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table
Scrapping ambitions for “a toxic-free environment" (in the EGD) means the use of harmful chemicals will continue, with resulting heavy costs for human health, the environment, and the economy.
❌ Not wasting billions on corporate welfare & false solutions
✅ rapid phase-out of fossil fuels; just transition
✅ Regulations for safer & cleaner production
✅ strong social & environmental conditionalities in public procurement & State aid