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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Joint meeting Committee on International Trade Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Joint committee procedure (Rule 59) CJ80 INTA-ITRE-IMCO

Industrial Accelerator Act: co‑rapporteurs’ priorities

Anna Cavazzini and 2 others

Co‑rapporteurs Cavazzini, Grudler and Jouvet present the Act as a targeted instrument to secure demand for low‑carbon strategic goods, reinforce EU industrial sovereignty, embed ‘Made in EU’ and origin rules, tackle unfair competition (notably from China), and link industrial policy with climate, energy and jobs, while arguing for an EU‑centred geographical scope and streamlined procedures.

In this chapter

1. Cavazzini (Greens): industrial decarbonisation focusAnna Cavazzini
2. Grudler (Renew): EU preference and origin rulesChristophe Grudler
3. Jouvet (S&D): sovereignty and anti‑dumping narrativePierre Jouvet

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Joint meeting Committee on International Trade Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Joint committee procedure (Rule 59) CJ80 INTA-ITRE-IMCO

Opening of joint INTA–ITRE–IMCO sitting

Borys Budka and 1 other

Chairs open the joint meeting, adopt the agenda, explain interpretation and webstreaming, and set out the mandate, scope, structure and timing for examining the draft Industrial Accelerator Act, including roles of co‑rapporteurs, shadows, ENVI and the Commission.

In this chapter

1. Opening of joint INTA–ITRE–IMCO meetingBorys Budka
2. Industrial Accelerator Act: mandate and scopeBorys Budka

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Chair opens Q&A round with MEPs

Tsvetelina Penkova and 5 others

The Chair launches a single timed Q&A round with MEPs on the Irish Presidency’s digital, industrial and AI priorities, giving the floor sequentially to Kelly, Penkova, Torselli, McNamara, Ecke and Sorel to raise concerns on the Industrial Accelerator Act, AI for SMEs, digital investment, data sovereignty, CADA, Chips funding, regulatory burden and EU outreach.

In this chapter

1. Chair: transition to Q&A and speaking rulesTsvetelina Penkova
2. Q: Seán Kelly (EPP): Industrial Accelerator Act and FDI conditionsSeán Kelly
3. Q: Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D): AI uptake by traditional SMEsTsvetelina Penkova

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Digital agenda: cloud, AI, data and simplification

Niamh Smyth

Minister Smyth presents the Cloud and AI Development Act and the One Europe, One Market digital pillar, and explains the digital simplification package and EU Data Act as instruments to strengthen technological sovereignty, data use and innovation while cutting red tape, especially for SMEs.

In this chapter

1. Minister Smyth: CADA and One Europe, One Market digital pillarNiamh Smyth
2. Digital simplification package and EU Data Act prioritiesNiamh Smyth

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Industrial policy priorities: competitiveness, SMEs and strategic sectors

Minister Burke details the European Competitiveness Fund, SME-focused single market reforms, the Industrial Accelerator Act and plans on the Space Act, Chips 2.0 and critical raw materials, framing them as key tools to boost EU productivity, decarbonisation, energy security and industrial resilience.

In this chapter

1. European Competitiveness Fund: scope and negotiations
2. SME-focused single market reform and burden reduction
3. Industrial Accelerator Act: decarbonisation and competitiveness
4. Council presidency: EU Space Act, Chips 2.0 and critical raw materials

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Chair: opening and Irish Presidency mandate

Tsvetelina Penkova S&D

The Chair opens the final ITRE agenda item, introduces the Irish Ministers and debate format, and Minister Burke outlines the Irish Council Presidency’s overall mandate, themes and commitment to work closely with Parliament on competitiveness, values and security.

In this chapter

1. Chair: opening of final ITRE agenda itemTsvetelina Penkova
2. Minister Burke: Irish Presidency mandate and priorities

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Irish Presidency energy and climate priorities

Minister O’Brien details priorities on energy security, electrification, grids and key legislative files, links recent climate and price shocks to the need for a resilient, affordable clean‑energy system, and signals upcoming Energy Councils on resilience and the post‑2030 framework to strengthen EU strategic autonomy.

In this chapter

1. Minister O’Brien: energy security, electrification and grids priorities
2. Minister O’Brien: climate impacts, resilience and post‑2030 framework

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Item 8 launch: Irish Council Presidency presentation

Borys Budka PPE

The chair opens Item 8 and introduces Irish Minister Dara O’Brien, who presents the Irish EU Council Presidency’s overall vision, guiding principles and three strategic pillars in the energy and climate field.

In this chapter

1. Item 8 opening: introduction of Irish Council Presidency ministerBorys Budka
2. Minister O’Brien: Irish EU Presidency vision and pillars

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Committee opening and 2027 EU budget votes

Borys Budka PPE

The ITRE chair opens the post‑summer meeting, confirms agenda and voting modalities, tests the electronic system, and then conducts votes on amendments to the 2027 EU general budget, including a compromise and final roll‑call vote before pausing the sitting.

In this chapter

1. Opening of ITRE meeting: agenda and voting modalitiesBorys Budka
2. Item 6: 2027 EU general budget amendments voteBorys Budka
3. Item 7: Compromise amendment and final roll‑call voteBorys Budka

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

First Q&A round: hydrogen, prices and security of supply

Tsvetelina Penkova and 6 others

The first block of MEP interventions presses the Commission on the realism of 2030 hydrogen and wind targets, constraints on low‑carbon hydrogen, enforcement and supply‑risk issues in the methane regulation, causes of high energy prices and deindustrialisation, ETS oversight, and the balance between fossil phase‑out, Russian oil dependence, storage and electrification, with DG Gauer detailing planned delegated acts, guidance, flexibility on methane timelines and the limits of price guarantees.

In this chapter

1. Q&A: EPP (Ehler): hydrogen, methane and permittingTsvetelina Penkova
2. S&D (Nica): energy prices, market design and ETS oversightDan Nica
3. Patriots (Gyürk): security of supply, prices and methane regulationTsvetelina Penkova
4. Energy security, fossil phase‑out and hydrogen frameworkTsvetelina Penkova

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Opening: Commission energy policy priorities

Tsvetelina Penkova S&D

The Chair opens the ITRE meeting, sets out the format of the exchange with the Commission and gives the floor to DG Gauer, who presents the post‑crisis energy policy priorities, upcoming grids and security‑of‑supply packages, the post‑2030 framework, and links to EU financing and the next MFF.

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Commission replies on green transition instruments and meeting closure

Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă and 1 other

The Commissioner responds to critical and supportive MEP interventions by defending the economics of green energy, explaining Green and Clean Industrial Deal tools, ETS benchmarks, state‑aid frameworks, methane rules and data‑centre efficiency measures, before the chair formally closes the agenda item and suspends the ITRE meeting.

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

MEPs to Commission: ETS, state aid and Green Deal funding

Borys Budka and 10 others

Catch‑the‑eye Q&A where MEPs press the Commission on revising ETS benchmarks, using ETS revenues for industrial decarbonisation, regional airport and industrial state aid rules, methane regulation and import obligations, electrification and geothermal support, and prioritisation of the Electrification Action Plan, grids and industrial tools under tight EU budget constraints.

In this chapter

1. Commission Q&A: ETS benchmarks, aviation aid and post‑2030 electrification targetsBorys Budka
2. MEPs: questions on ETS revenues, methane, state aid and Green Deal fundingBorys Budka

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Political groups’ Q&A: state aid, competitiveness and industrial decarbonisation

Borys Budka and 6 others

MEPs from different political groups question the Commission on permitting bottlenecks, electricity prices and alleged market abuse, CO2 and ETS/CBAM impacts on energy‑intensive industry, asymmetries from national state aid capacities, and the design of the Clean Industrial State Aid Framework, while also pressing for green‑transition conditionality, misuse safeguards and a socially just industrial transformation; the Commissioner details existing horizontal tools, treaty‑based limits, ETS revenue use and the balance between rapid support and single market integrity.

In this chapter

1. Permitting reform: EPP Beke and CommissionBorys Budka
2. Electricity prices, market abuse and CO2 costs: S&D Nica and CommissionBorys Budka
3. State aid asymmetries and cohesion tools: Borchia and CommissionPaolo Borchia

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

ITRE meeting opening and EVP Clean Industrial Deal mandate

Borys Budka and 1 other

Chair opens the ITRE meeting with agenda, procedural explanations and votes on several opinions, then formally launches the exchange of views as Executive Vice-President Ribera presents the Clean Industrial Deal’s climate, competitiveness and financing priorities and announces upcoming legislative and implementation steps.

In this chapter

1. ITRE meeting opening and voting on opinionsBorys Budka
2. Executive Vice-President Ribera: Clean Industrial Deal prioritiesBorys Budka

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary Meeting – Adoption of a Draft Report (2025/0400(COD)) and Vote on the Decision to Enter into Interinstitutional Negotiations

Opening of meeting and agenda adoption

Chair opens the ITRE committee meeting, confirms webstreaming and interpretation arrangements, and adopts the agenda, introducing the vote on amendments to three directives concerning permitting procedures with rapporteur Nils Fuglsang.

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Opening, expert assessments and governance risks

Christophe Grudler and 3 others

The Chair and BEREC outline the Digital Networks Act hearing framework and initial assessment, followed by academic experts and Alexiadis analysing investment incentives, competition, net neutrality, horizontal vs sector‑specific rules, and warning about fragmentation, over‑centralisation, and legal risks around spectrum and NRA autonomy.

In this chapter

1. Hearing opening and BEREC’s first assessmentChristophe Grudler
2. Academic experts: investment, competition and regulatory burdenChristophe Grudler
3. Alexiadis: structure of DNA, harmonisation and governance risksChristophe Grudler
4. Rapporteur and main groups: single market, net neutrality and remediesMichał Kobosko

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Motor vehicle simplification opinion: rapporteur, shadows and Commission

Yvan Verougstraete and 4 others

The Chair opens the opinion on simplifying motor vehicle technical requirements, followed by rapporteur Gori’s amendments on EVs, PHEVs and social leasing, political group reactions balancing competitiveness with new obligations, and the Commission’s defence of a targeted simplification focused on cost reduction without weakening safety and environmental rules.

In this chapter

1. Item 14 introduced: procedure for motor vehicle simplification opinionYvan Verougstraete
2. Rapporteur Gori: proposed amendments on EVs and PHEVsGiorgio Gori
3. EPP and Patriots shadows: industry competitiveness vs new obligationsYvan Verougstraete
4. ECR shadow and Commission: defend scope of simplification packageYvan Verougstraete

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

EUSPA mission: mandate, security and market focus

Angelika Niebler and 1 other

The Chair and delegation head Niebler frame the ITRE mission to EUSPA within the Space Act and new EUSPA regulation, then detail how EU space programmes (Galileo, EGNOS, GOVSATCOM, SST) support security, technological sovereignty and downstream market uptake, including SME support and access to finance.

In this chapter

1. Introduction to EUSPA mission and link to Space ActAngelika Niebler
2. EUSPA mission: security, programmes and market uptakeAngelika Niebler

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

ITRE mission to Houston: energy, space, digital

Yvan Verougstraete and 1 other

The Chair transitions to external missions and the rapporteur presents the ITRE delegation’s visit to Houston/Texas, detailing exchanges with energy, LNG, grid, space (NASA and private actors) and digital/AI stakeholders, and highlighting lessons on fast decision-making, regulatory predictability and infrastructure investment for EU competitiveness and the green and digital transitions.

In this chapter

1. Transition to international missions and introduction of Houston visitYvan Verougstraete
2. Houston/Texas mission: energy, space and digital innovationMirosława Nykiel

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Opening, agenda and legislative votes

Yvan Verougstraete Renew

The committee opens the ITRE meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and proceeds to a series of votes on the ILUC biofuels delegated act objection, nuclear safety and Ignalina decommissioning instruments, and several opinions on ENRPP, CBAM expansion, a temporary decarbonisation fund and amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act, including granting a negotiation mandate under Rule 72.

In this chapter

1. Opening of meeting, agenda and minutes adoptionYvan Verougstraete
2. Votes on ILUC biofuels delegated act objectionYvan Verougstraete
3. Nuclear safety and Ignalina decommissioning reports adoptedYvan Verougstraete
4. Opinions on ENRPP, CBAM expansion, decarbonisation fund and CRMAYvan Verougstraete

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Introduction to tech sovereignty debate with EVP Virkkunen

Henna Virkkunen

After the break the Chair introduces Executive Vice‑President Virkkunen, frames the debate around the newly adopted tech sovereignty package, and she presents its main components including Chips Act 2.0, the Cloud and AI Development Act, an EU open‑source strategy and the digitalisation & AI in energy roadmap with associated investment and funding tools.

In this chapter

1. Introduction to tech sovereignty debate with Commissioner Virkkunen
2. Virkkunen: Presentation of tech sovereignty package (Chips 2.0, cloud, open source, energy)Henna Virkkunen

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

Energy policy Q&A with Commissioner Jørgensen (prices, grids, molecules, data centres)

Andrea Wechsler and 7 others

Group coordinators and other MEPs question Jørgensen on energy‑union integration, electrification vs renewable/low‑carbon molecules, permitting for grids, methane rules, heating and cooling strategy, geothermal, short‑term price relief and competitiveness, fossil taxation and hydrogen economics, nuclear’s role, data‑centre sustainability and moratoria, fiscal space, ‘sobriety’ vs energy abundance, and enforcement of energy rules, with Jørgensen outlining the Commission’s policy line, upcoming initiatives and limits of EU competences before closing the exchange.

In this chapter

1. Q&A (Wechsler, EPP): Energy union, molecules, permitting, methaneAndrea Wechsler
2. Q&A (Fuglsang, S&D): Heating & cooling, waste heat, geothermalDan Jørgensen
3. Q&A (Borchia, ID): Short‑term electricity prices and competitivenessDan Jørgensen

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