Subsidies: Germany prevails

When it comes to state aid for clean tech factories, the Commission spares financially strong member states like Germany from having to cooperate with other EU countries on a crucial point. This emerges from the decision on the TCTF state aid framework, which the Commission published yesterday. According to an initial draft, the location of battery factories in Germany would have been severely hampered in the future. At the same time, the Commission adopted amendments to the General Block Exemption Regulation.