00:01The German government has called on the EU to open its planned so-called made with Europe rules to countries
00:08outside the bloc, according to a position paper obtained by Euronews, setting it up for a collision course with France.
00:16Berlin is leading the push for a more open market approach to the Industrial Accelerator Act, a draft EU law
00:24that would restrict public procurement, government contracts for goods such as steel, batteries and electric vehicles, to products and companies
00:32meeting minimum EU production requirements.
00:35Where the Commission's original text favours made in Europe, Berlin wants made with Europe. Rather than requiring goods to be
00:43made in the EU, it wants the origin rules opened up to the bloc's trade partners, as long as those
00:50countries offer the same access to European companies in return.
00:54The initiative highlights the divide between Berlin's open market approach and Paris' push to use public contracts to support European
01:03companies as they struggle with the so-called China 2.0 shock.
01:07The same strategic divide extends beyond industrial policy to defence.
