New EU Plan Boosts Strategic Growth Sectors: Sejourne

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00:00We think that the decarbonisation model and the Green Deal are a social and ecological

00:07step forward, and deregulation is a step backward.

00:15So we're trying to push to eliminate the red tape as much as possible, while maintaining

00:20the objectives of the European model.

00:25The tech sector, the big five, which were targeted by the Trump administration, the pharmaceutical

00:30and auto sectors, steel and aluminium, these are strategic sectors that drive growth, have

00:37a massive impact on European GDP and create jobs.

00:46I have put in place a mechanism to call all the CEOs who were contacted by the Trump administration

00:52and to reiterate the positive simplification and pro-business agenda of the EU Commission

00:57in the coming months.

01:03Now you have the plan, now there's a question of implementing the plan, and getting potentially

01:07consensus among 27 EU member states, always a challenge.

01:11There's also been an idea, and you've talked about this a little bit, of maybe going about

01:15this piecemeal, saying, you know, a coalition of the willing, and then they could see they

01:18unlock the benefits.

01:20How are you sort of proposing to go about this?

01:22What is going to be the most effective way to actually make this a reality?

01:25We have to be very pragmatic.

01:32I think that in the past, the European Commission has been dogmatic by needing all 27 member states

01:37to agree before moving forward.

01:42We are changing this approach, so we can work with coalitions of the willing.

01:47This should also encourage others to join.

01:50You just evoked there the idea of a potentially closure of the American markets to the Europeans,

01:54something that you need to potentially prepare for.

01:56What are the chances of that?

01:57How realistic a possibility do you think that is?

01:59For the past few weeks, there's been discussion on the perimeter, but not on details of the

02:08tariffs.

02:09I think the period that we're living in is unprecedented due to the uncertainty in markets and the

02:21unpredictability of the Trump administration.

02:23I hope that things will stabilize and that the Americans will remain simple and loyal partners

02:32for the Europeans.

02:34In all cases, it's what we are and what we consider to be.

02:59Let's do it.