The German government has called on the EU to open its planned "Made with Europe" rules to countries outside the bloc, according to a position paper obtained by Euronews, setting it up for a collision course with France.
Berlin is leading the push for a more open-market approach to the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), a draft EU law that would restrict public procurement — government contracts for goods such as steel, batteries and electric vehicles — to products and companies meeting minimum EU production requirements.
