Titolo completo
A European Industrial Policy for Strategic Autonomy
This policy paper is the product of a working group composed of professionals with extensive experience in the design, management and comparative study of Italian and European industrial policies. The group has been meeting at Luiss and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) since autumn 2025. Its aim is twofolf: to consolidate a shared body of knowledge across the different dimensions of industrial policy and to generate policy and operational proposals at both national and European levels. This policy paper is only the first contribution on which to build both an analytical agenda and a policy agenda.
Italian version: Una politica industriale per l’autonomia strategica europea
Introduction
1. Cross-cutting enablers
1.1 Strategic inputs
1.2 Artificial intelligence
2. Strategic sectors
2.1 Space and defence
2.2 Green technologies
3. Governance and financial instruments
3.1 Multi-level governance
3.2 Public funding
3.3 Private funding
3.4 Public-private capabilities
3.5 Enhanced cooperation: Building European critical mass
3.6 Strategic partnerships: Beyond free trade
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