Brussels, 11 March 2020 – The European textiles and clothing sector cares about circularity of its products; for several years already, the industry is re-inventing itself to offer solutions that are workable and make a sustainable impact. That’s why EURATEX welcomes the new Circular Economy Action Plan, released by the European Commission today, as it…
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European Union, 11 March 2020 – Industry4Europe, a coalition of 154 sector Associations representing the diversity of the EU’s industrial base, is pleased to receive the publication by the European Commission of its much-awaited New Industrial Strategy for Europe. The European Commission has presented an EU Industrial Strategy that recognises industry as “central to Europe’s…
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EURATEX welcomes the proposed new EU industrial strategy but reality checks and close monitoring of the implementation will be essential .
Brussels, 25 February 2020 – EURATEX and its UK member have been working closely to deal with Brexit in the past few years. Ahead of today’s General Affairs Council, EURATEX sent a letter to Michel Barnier, European Commission’s Head of Task Force for Relations with the UK, asking to agree on a common set of…
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A letter to the European Parliament from the Alliance for a Competitive European Industry
Welcoming Mr. Calleja Crespo, Director General of the European Commission DG Environment at the Board of Directors meeting today, EURATEX is pleased to anticipate preliminary proposals for a new Circular Economy Action Plan for the Textile value chains to ensure sustainable resource use and tackle urgent environment, social and economic challenges.
The Skills4Smart TCLF 2030 project coordinated by EURATEX organised its second public event of the year at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi (Romania) on 15 November 2019.
Industry4Europe, a coalition of 149 sector Associations representing the diversity of the EU’s industrial base, today published its new Joint Paper ‘A long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future: from words to action’. Through cross-sectoral recommendations, the Industry4Europe coalition contributes to the future EU industrial strategy announced by European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen.
European Industry Associations representing a range of sectors wish to reiterate their support for negotiations on the revised pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM Convention) and to see it adopted by the PEM Joint Committee at its next meeting on 27 November 2019.
European and Turkish entrepreneurs, International experts, designers and policy makers came together today in Istanbul to discuss current and future scenarios in the textile and clothing sector.
