Strategic Dialogue for the Future of the European Automotive Industry with its opening meeting on January 30, 2025
was launched, and in the subsequent statement;
The European automotive industry is going through a process of deep transformation, the Commission
has taken steps to take measures to protect the automotive industry and ensure its sustainable prosperity, and
In this context, the Strategic Dialogue process was initiated,
The automotive industry, which is considered one of the foundations of the European economy, has more than 13 million people in the EU.
It employs people and accounts for approximately 7% of GDP (approximately 1 trillion Euros),
Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas, automotive sector
was tasked with preparing an Industrial Action Plan to be presented on 5 March for the Strategic
Dialogue will support the work in question,
The Action Plan aims to provide access to talent and resources for the automotive industry, technological
promoting innovation, encouraging the development of new generation vehicles, implementing and
will address various issues such as establishing a predictable regulatory framework,
The meetings were attended at a high level by 22 important companies in the sector,
The first meeting was to ensure equal competition conditions in the international arena, clean transformation
main issues that require urgent intervention, such as streamlining and simplifying regulatory processes.
focuses on topics
is stated.
As another leg of the work, we held a meeting on the same day in order to obtain the opinions of a wider segment of people.
It has been announced that the public consultation process has been initiated.
Additionally, four thematic working groups will be conducted with various stakeholders from the sector"s value chain.
(leadership in innovation and future technologies, clean transformation and decarbonization, competitiveness and
durability, trade relations and international “level playing field”) have been established.
In this direction, Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, the President of the Commission, stated that the automotive sector should be clean.
transformation, Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné, industry value chain of the industry, Commissioner Henna Virkkunen,
technological and digital innovation and Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu, talent development and social issues in the sector
has been assigned to focus on relevant topics. Coordination of the outputs obtained is carried out by the Commissioner.
It will be provided by Tzitzikostas.
