Session as part of the EUI Climate Week 2026
The EU is under pressure from all sides, not least from Russia, China, and the US, and faces unrest in the Middle East. That is being felt in the implementation of the climate and energy transition. The 2nd Von der Leyen Commission has put forward the Clean Industrial Deal, an agenda designed to combine progress on decarbonisation with strengthening the EU’s international competitiveness, while also addressing the pressing security concerns. The main question of the week and of this opening session is how the EU should react in a medium term perspective and how it is likely to impact on the work program for the second half of the current Commission mandate.
Chair: Jos Delbeke, European University Institute
Opening words: Johanna Mair, European University Institute
Opening address: Ambroise Fayolle, European Investment Bank
Panelists:
· Paul Rushton, NATO
· Nathalie Tocci, SAIS
Conclusion: Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg
More information and the full programme of the EUI Climate Week 2026 can be found here.