The European Commission carried out a consultation on the Clean Industrial State Aid Framework (CISAF). The new framework should allow for a more flexible interpretation of Art. 107 TFEU, adapted in the context of economic and environmental challenges. It seeks to serve as an instrument for defending and strengthening the EU's position in the global economy.

AK welcomes this initiative with the aim of reducing strategic dependencies if it is possible to simultaneously preserve jobs by securing locations and create new employment in the EU by promoting technology and innovation. CISAF can become a useful instrument for these ambitions if it also succeeds in eliminating competition for subsidies between EU Member States and enabling a harmonised European funding policy.