Topic · Subtopic · model-assigned
Competitiveness & industry
Decisions about industrial policy, competitiveness, manufacturing, critical raw materials or strategic industries.
- Decisions
- 18 on 15 sitting days
- Outcomes
- 18 adopted · 0 rejected
- Period
- 13 Mar 2025 – 16 Sept 2026
- Assigned by
- A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
- Roll-call votes
- 14
- By kind
- New laws 9 · Resolutions 9
- Part of
- Economy & single market
- Key
- economy/competitiveness
The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V) | New laws | Passed | 540 for, 105 against, 22 abstained by roll call |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) | New laws | Passed | 530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained by roll call |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund | New laws | Passed | 433 for, 97 against, 146 abstained by roll call |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act | New laws | Sent back to committee | show of hands — no count |
| 20 May 2026 | Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade | Resolutions | Adopted | 527 for, 62 against, 59 abstained by roll call |
| 19 May 2026 | Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market | New laws | Passed | 606 for, 16 against, 39 abstained by roll call |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Protection of EU companies, jobs and products against unfair competition from third countries | Resolutions | Adopted | show of hands — no count |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Tackling barriers to the single market for defence | Resolutions | Adopted | 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstained by roll call |
| 22 Jan 2026 | European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure | Resolutions | Adopted | 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained by roll call |
| 17 Dec 2025 | European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) | New laws | Passed | 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained by roll call |
Dossiers, 12
The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.
Show 2 more dossiers
| Dossier | Decisions | Latest decision |
|---|---|---|
| European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs 2025-2142 | Decisions1 | 17 Dec 2025 · Adopted |
| Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan 2025-0103 | Decisions1 | 16 Dec 2025 · Adopted |
Group lines
How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.
| Group | For | Against | Abstained | Divided | With the outcome | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For2 | Against10 | Abst.0 | Divided2 | With outcome2 | of14 |
| Greens | For14 | Against0 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome14 | of14 |
| S&D | For14 | Against0 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome14 | of14 |
| Renew | For14 | Against0 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome14 | of14 |
| EPP | For14 | Against0 | Abst.0 | Divided0 | With outcome14 | of14 |
| ECR | For10 | Against0 | Abst.2 | Divided2 | With outcome11 | of14 |
| Patriots | For4 | Against3 | Abst.1 | Divided6 | With outcome8 | of14 |
| ESN | For2 | Against11 | Abst.1 | Divided0 | With outcome2 | of14 |
Connections
Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.
Topics that come up with it
- Topic Defence & security Defence industry, military support, cyber and hybrid threats.
- Topic Trade & customs Trade agreements, tariffs, trade defence and customs.
- Topic Climate & environment Emissions targets, carbon pricing, nature, pollution and waste.
- Topic Digital, AI & data Artificial intelligence, online platforms, data protection, cybersecurity.
- Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
Running issues
- Issue EU competitiveness Running issue · EU initiative 17 Sept 2026
- Issue EU economic security Running issue · EU initiative 16 Sept 2026
- Issue EU defence readiness Running issue · EU initiative 16 Sept 2026
- Issue Russia's war against Ukraine Running issue · Conflict 16 Sept 2026
- Issue EU climate neutrality Running issue · EU initiative 15 Sept 2026
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Competitiveness & industry”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=competitiveness (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-economy-competitiveness,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Competitiveness \& industry}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=competitiveness}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=competitiveness},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}