The Clean Industrial Deal: Defending the EU’s Economic, Social and Environmental Model

27 - 28 November 2025
Date: 27 – 28 November 2025
Location: Université Paris Est Créteil and Maison de l’Ile-de-France (CIUP)
Event Programme

The fifth Jean Monnet PROSPER Network event was hosted by the Faculty of Law at Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), in partnership with Maison Île-de-France, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, on 27–28 November 2025.

This conference, titled “The Clean Industrial Deal: Defending the EU’s Economic, Social and Environmental Model” brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the evolving dimensions of the EU’s industrial policy.

Discussions addressed the proposed Clean Industrial Deal, reflecting on how the European Union seeks to balance competitiveness, sustainability, and strategic autonomy. Speakers examined the legal, fiscal, environmental, and external dimensions of EU industrial policy in a shifting geopolitical landscape, combining technical insights with a broader reflection on the European model of prosperity and sustainability.

Programme (Day 1):

Thursday, 27 November 2025 – UPEC, Créteil (Amphithéâtre A2)

14.00 – 14.15 // Opening and Welcome Remarks
Laure Clément-Wilz (Université Paris-Est Créteil, Academic Lead Jean Monnet PROSPER Network)
Ian Cooper (Dublin City University / DCU Brexit Institute / Dublin European Law Institute, Research Coordinator of PROSPER)

14.15 – 15.30 // Panel 1: ‘Framing the Clean Industrial Deal: Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives’
Chair: Charlotte Beaucillon (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Paul Dermine (Université Libre de Bruxelles, PROSPER): Legal Foundations for a New EU Industrial Policy – Reflections in the Light of the Clean Industrial Deal

  • Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Amsterdam, PROSPER): The European Clean Industrial Deal: Towards a More Competitive and Economically Resilient European Economy?

  • Federico Fabbrini & Elettra Bargellini (Dublin City University / DCU Brexit Institute / Dublin European Law Institute, PROSPER): Subsidising the Green Industrial Deal at the Price of the Internal Market? Lessons from Wartime

15.30 – 16.00 // Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.30 // Panel 2: ‘Fiscal and Environmental Dimensions of the Clean Industrial Deal’
Chair: Claire Marzo (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Stephan Wolters (DG TAXUD, European Commission): Tax Incentives to Support the Clean Industrial Deal – Presentation of the Recommendation of 2 July 2025

  • Fabrice Pezet (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER): The Greening of Energy Taxation

  • Alexandre Maitrot de la Motte (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Odile Courjon (PDGB Law Firm)

  • Vicente Hurtado-Roa (DG TAXUD, European Commission)

Programme (Day 2):

Friday, 28 November 2025 – Maison de l’Île-de-France, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

8.30 – 8.55 // Welcome Coffee

8.55 – 9.00 // Welcome message from Francesco Torrisi, Director of Maison Ilede-France (CIUP)

9.00 – 9.30 // Keynote Speech
Defending a European Economic, Social and Environmental Model: A Legal Perspective
Jean-Claude Bonichot (Conseiller d’État honoraire and former Judge at the Court of Justice)

Chair: Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University / DCU Brexit Institute / Dublin European Law Institute & PI of PROSPER)

9.30 – 10.30 // Panel 3: ‘State Aid Dimension of the Clean Industrial Deal

Chair: Alexandre Maîtrot de la Motte (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Dionysios Pelekis (Utrecht University): State Aid Control as a Coordinating Instrument for EU Industrial Policy in the Internal Market

  • Tibor Scharf (European Commission, Legal Service): Clean Industrial Deal and its Implementation, Including the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework

  • Anémone Cartier-Bresson (Université Paris Cité): Is the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework a Turning Point? A Critical Legal Analysis

10.30 – 11.00 // Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.45 // Panel 4: ‘External Relations Dimension of the Clean Industrial Deal’
Chair: Laure Clément-Wilz (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Arnaud de Nanteuil (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER): The FDI Screening Mechanism as a Tool for Defending the “European Model”?

  • Niall Moran (Dublin City University / DCU Brexit Institute / Dublin European Law Institute, PROSPER): Strategic Partnerships and Trade Defence: Protecting Europe’s Clean Industrial Base

  • Alan Hervé (Institut d’Études Politiques, Rennes): Partnerships for Trade and Investment under the Clean Industrial Deal

11.45 – 13.00 // Panel 5: ‘Energy Law Dimension of the Clean Industrial Deal’
Chair: Stéphane de la Rosa (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

  • Raphaël Meyer (Judge at the General Court, CJEU): Affordable Energy, Networks, and Permits: The Clean Industrial Deal in the Case Law of the European Courts

  • Fabrice Cassin (Practitioner & Université Paris-Est Créteil): Accelerating the Electrification of Uses through Renewable Energies: Key to the Success of the Industrial Clean Deal

  • Alicja Sikora-Kalėda (Jagiellonian University / Court of Justice of the European Union): The Clean Industrial Deal Facing the Concept of Sustainability in EU Law

13.00 – 13.15 // Closing Reflections
Stéphane de la Rosa (Université Paris-Est Créteil, PROSPER)

13.30 // Light lunch served on site