Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Today, Friday, the European Commission published excerpts from the speech delivered by President von der Leyen at the first session of the Group of Seven summit, which will be hosted by Ayapan, starting today and for three days. Vonderlein's speech stated, "Towards an international community characterized by cooperation, not division and confrontation / global and digital economy and trade." And despite all the geopolitical difficulties, the transition to clean energy is accelerating. Provides real growth opportunities.
We will focus on promoting a clean manufacturing system in Europe. We also shift our focus.
When the European Green Deal began in 2019, the priority was the rapid deployment of renewables.
Now we also have to focus on the 'sourcing' of renewables: How do we get to enough manufacturing capacity? How do we ensure access to technology - and even more so - to critical raw materials?
The G7 and many others want to take advantage of the huge opportunities that come with going to net zero. We have to find the best way forward: the climate and our interlocking economies.
So we should always keep in mind the adage: 'If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.' This cleantech race is an opportunity to go faster and further together.
Now that the G7 is in this race together, our competition must create additional manufacturing capacity and not come at each other's expense.
I see four areas for closer cooperation:
First, we need to make a joint assessment of what is needed when it comes to global clean manufacturing capacity to reach our ambitious climate goals. We should even consider setting targets for building such capabilities.
Second, we need to provide a clear and predictable business environment for our clean technology industries. The starting point is transparency among the G7 in how we support manufacturing.
Third, when we have specific concerns about fair competition, we must find ways to address them. Europe and the United States have already come up with a number of solutions, and some of that work is still ongoing, as we are negotiating a biominerals agreement and participating in the Clean Energy Incentives Dialogue. I hope that our bilateral EU-US discussion on sustainable steel and aluminum will become a global arrangement
Fourth, we must create new forms of cooperation in the field of clean technology. We need more green alliances among ourselves but also with other trusted partners. I hope we can move forward on the Critical Raw Materials Club at this G7 meeting.
In artificial intelligence:
The potential benefits of AI to citizens and the economy are significant.
At the same time, we need to agree on buffers for the development of AI in the EU, reflecting our democratic values.
We want AI systems to be accurate, reliable, secure, and non-discriminatory, no matter where they come from.