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The EU is scheduled to announce on Wednesday, after seven postponements, its new “Made in Europe” plan. As much as the package has divided the EU and delayed the announcement, concern has spread much more widely, including to Middle Eastern nations such as Turkiye.
In recent decades, Turkiye and some other Middle Eastern countries have increasingly become key parts of European supply chains as part of the “nearshoring” economic phenomenon in industries including automobiles, machine manufacturing, steel and defense. Turkiye is engaged in a significant lobbying campaign alongside other non-EU nations that might be affected, including the UK, to influence the big EU announcement and be included in the geographical scope of the “Made in Europe” initiative.
This new plan, part of a broader Industrial Accelerator Act to be unveiled on Wednesday, is the latest phase of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal, which aims to boost the bloc’s global competitiveness and may become the signature policy of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term of office. The proposal will introduce elements of European preference in EU aid and public procurement to European-made content in strategic sectors such as renewables, batteries, vehicles, and steel.
