MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Impact on citizens of the Green Deal, the Clean Industrial Deal and a possible carbon levy – E-000911/2025

Question for written answer  E-000911/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Auke Zijlstra (PfE), Sebastiaan Stöteler (PfE)

Since the Green Deal was launched, the EU has been contending with accelerating deindustrialisation, rising production costs and declining competitiveness, while more and more firms are shifting production to third countries.

• 1.Does the Commission acknowledge that the Green Deal has been a factor in this industrial downturn, or can it demonstrate that its policies are not the cause of the erosion of European industry?
• 2.How will the Commission ensure that the Clean Industrial Deal bolsters European industry and what indicators will it use to assess the economic impact of this policy?
• 3.Does the Commission intend to introduce a direct carbon levy for citizens – on top of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) – as an additional component of its climate policy, or is this just a proposed own resource forming part of the EU budget?

Submitted: 4.3.2025