Europe’s bet on saving industry

Payne Institute Fellow Noé van Hulst writes about a blog he published a year ago,  “Anatomy of a Fall: Europe’s deindustrialisation”. Since then so much has happened that I feel the urge to come back to this topic. The bad news is that despite passionate speeches and statements from policy makers about the key importance of the manufacturing industry for the economic and security future of Europe, the bleeding hasn’t stopped. May 22, 2025