{"id":9092,"date":"2025-04-21T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:57:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-21T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:57:04","slug":"eu-neighbors-eye-german-state-aid-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/eu-neighbors-eye-german-state-aid-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"EU neighbors eye German state aid bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-spacing=\"double\">As Germany prepares for major investment plans, its neighbors are warming to a long-term relaxation of EU state subsidy rules, believing their national industries stand to gain from Berlin\u2019s significant spending plans.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, and the Netherlands have typically approached the EU subsidy race cautiously, fearing they would be overwhelmed by the budgets of larger and more financially powerful countries.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">But four EU diplomats <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fcb79813-40ab-4103-b739-d6c28233e88e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told<\/a><\/span> the <em>Financial Times<\/em> that this stance is beginning to change, as EU member states anticipate a cross-border \u201cpotential windfall\u201d from the new German government\u2019s \u20ac1 trillion spending plans for defense and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">\u201cWe are not going to complain because the German locomotive is moving again,\u201d one EU diplomat said.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">EU rules on state aid, also known as subsidies, are intended to prevent government spending from giving unfair advantages to favored companies or protecting struggling sectors from competition.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Brussels softened its approach to overseeing state subsidies following the war in Ukraine and now wants to extend this until 2030, making it easier for member states to channel money into clean technology and strategic infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Although some defense projects have long been exempt from state aid restrictions, the relaxed regime will make it much easier for the Friedrich Merz government to quickly allocate public funds to a wide range of infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">EU member states are expected to adopt a softer approach in June. Sander Tordoir, an economist at the Centre for European Reform, said that Germany\u2019s support for its own industry would create \u201cdownstream demand\u201d for suppliers in other European countries, which are being shaken by Chinese competition and the threat of US tariffs. He added that smaller countries could ask Germany to encourage its industry to set up factories in other parts of Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Bernd Weber, managing director of the think tank EPICO KlimaInnovation, also argued that although the fund would be directed towards German industry, it should benefit others \u201cbecause supply chains are very interconnected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Smaller member states benefit more from German state subsidies compared to France, which often focuses on protecting or attracting investment within its own borders. France\u2019s strained public finances limit its ability to increase incentives like Germany.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Recent figures from the European Commission show that the use of state aid as a % of GDP is higher in some of the EU\u2019s smaller member states. Hungary, Croatia, and Malta rank in the top three respectively when it comes to % of GDP. These countries are followed by Poland, Slovenia, and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Some EU capitals are wary of Europe\u2019s shift towards public aid. According to three officials briefed on the meeting, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever criticized German and French leaders at an EU summit last month for channeling so much state aid into their economies.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">A spokesperson for the Belgian business federation also said that fair competition must be guaranteed and that they regretted the potential extension of relaxed EU state aid rules.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">Victor Van Hoorn, EU director at Cleantech for Europe, said that Germany\u2019s spending spree was a \u201cpromising signal\u201d for clean technology startups.<\/p>\n<p data-spacing=\"double\">On the other hand, Hoorn added that Brussels should focus on simplifying state aid rules, as they are often \u201cvery complex\u201d and difficult for companies to navigate the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Germany prepares for major investment plans, its neighbors are warming to a long-term relaxation of EU state subsidy rules, believing their national industries stand to gain from Berlin\u2019s significant spending plans. 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