Dunkirk embodies France's industrial revival: a strategic region where decarbonisation, reindustrialisation and public-private investment come together. This report by the Institut Montaigne identifies the conditions that have enabled this momentum and proposes 10 concrete recommendations to sustainably strengthen national and European industrial ambition.
The Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO) is an 18-month project led by the Institut Montaigne and co-funded by the European Commission. It aims to strengthen Europe's semiconductor strategy in the face of geopolitical tensions. Its objectives are to anticipate industrial risks, coordinate member states' policies and develop international partnerships. The consortium brings together experts, industrialists and researchers to analyze the challenges and provide recommendations to the EU. CHIPDIPLO supports the EU Chips Act and promotes Europe's attractiveness for innovation and investment.
Europe stands at a critical turning point in its clean-energy transition. Its dependence on Chinese-controlled value chains for batteries, solar, wind and other core technologies threatens long-term competitiveness and industrial sovereignty. This paper argues that market access should require strong local value chains through EU-majority joint ventures and tailored local content rules. It identifies gaps in the EU framework and presents concrete recommendations and a 2026–2035 roadmap to secure Europe’s technological autonomy.
Dunkirk A Testing Ground for European Industrial Renewal
At the heart of technological rivalry, semiconductors are bringing the EU and Taiwan closer together, forming a cornerstone of AI value chains. Cross-investments and interdependence are intensifying despite persistent obstacles. The study calls for stronger cooperation: improving the industrial environment, boosting R&D, investment, talent mobility, and advancing a European strategy to secure supply chains.
A challenge for competitiveness and economic dynamism, both nationally and in Europe, discover our 2026 barometer of production taxes.
Hungary, Poland, Italy: how do national-populist governments actually govern? This analysis compares their public policies, between promises and actions. Despite radical rhetoric, pragmatism prevails under economic, European, and energy constraints, with differing impacts on the rule of law, democracy, and foreign policy.
Shein's arrival at BHV reveals a broader challenge for Europe: an integrated Chinese model, based on AI and mass logistics, which is disrupting retail and the single market. Beyond the controversy, the stakes are strategic: regulation of e-commerce, economic sovereignty, and long-term European competitiveness.