For a European industrial strategy!

Reinard BÜTIKOFER MEP for the German Green party Bündnis90/Die Grünen at the European Parliament [vc_btn title= »Télécharger l’article » color= »primary » align= »right » i_icon_fontawesome= »fa fa-file-pdf-o » add_icon= »true » link= »url:http%3A%2F%2Fconfrontations.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2FP24-Confrontations-Europe-123.pdf||target:%20_blank| »] When you hear the German minister for Economic Affairs, Mr Altmaier, talking about the need of an “industrial policy“, you will immediately understand that, in a very profound way, economic thinking is changing in Europe. “Industrial policy” used to be an abhorred term in the halls of the Economics Ministry on Invalidenstraße, Berlin-Mitte. Advocating industrial policy, you were immediately suspect of being an influence agent of the school of French statist economic thinking, of being a latter-day Colbert-missionary. True lovers of a free market economy would certainly have to take their distance. Or maybe, if you hailed from the left wing of the Social Democratic Party, raised eyebrows might have hinted at the suspicion that on closer inspection a commie-skeleton might possibly be found in your closet. Today, Altmaier’s advocacy