Published on
02/07/2026 - 15:24 GMT+2
European car suppliers and manufacturers are divided over Brussels' "Made in Europe" strategy, an effort to shield the EU market from Chinese competition.
The EU car industry is facing fierce competition from China, threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs across the bloc. To address the issue, the EU is preparing the so-called Industrial Accelerator Act, which is designed to favour electric vehicles constructed mostly with European components in public procurement and public support schemes.
However, EU car suppliers and manufacturers disagree over the proposed law, currently under discussion by EU countries and the European Parliament, which sets a 70 percent local content threshold for electric vehicles.
