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The CID promised to introduce/alter/accelerate swathes of new + existing files, making it a key target for dirty industry lobbying. The files with most meetings:

🏭 CID: 162
🛃 CBAM: 145
♻️ Circular Economy Act: 65
⏩ Industrial Accelerator Act: 53
🚗 Automotive Action Plan: 45

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Among lobby groups with 5 or more meetings on the CID and its related files, the metals & mining sector dominated:

🤝 41% of meetings
🏅 6 out of the top 10 most frequent visitors

Next highest was energy (13%) and automotive (11%)
#DirtyIndustrialDeal

🎂 For the 1st birthday of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) 🎂

CEO exposes how dirty industry lobbyists have outgunned civil society in gaining access to the European Commission and influencing this #DirtyIndustrialDeal.

Thread with key findings 🧵

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/clean-industrial-deal-year-dirty-lobbying

🗓️ Tomorrow is the 1-year anniversary of the EU’s #CleanIndustrialDeal. We looked into the lobbying:

🤝 750+ meetings - 3/working day
👔 90% = business interests
🔎 5.5% = NGOs
👷 1% = trade unions

Big polluters have engineered a #DirtyIndustrialDeal

📖 Read more: https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/clean-industrial-deal-year-dirty-lobbying

Among lobby groups with 5 or more meetings on the CID and its related files, the metals & mining sector dominated: 🤝 41% of meetings 🏅 6 out of the top 10 most frequent visitors Next highest was energy (13%) and automotive (11%) #DirtyIndustrialDeal corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/c...

The CID promised to introduce/alter/accelerate swathes of new + existing files, making it a key target for dirty industry lobbying. The files with most meetings: 🏭 CID: 162 🛃 CBAM: 145 ♻️ Circular Economy Act: 65 ⏩ Industrial Accelerator Act: 53 🚗 Automotive Action Plan: 45 #DirtyIndustrialDeal

🗓️ In the year since the CID was released, top Commission staff have had 750+ lobby meetings on it, more than three per working day. 👔 90% w/ business interests 🔎 5.5% w/ NGOs 👷 1% w/ trade unions Corporate interests have engineered a #DirtyIndustrialDeal 👀 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/c...

🎂 For the 1st birthday of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) 🎂 CEO exposes how dirty industry lobbyists have outgunned civil society in gaining access to the European Commission and influencing this #DirtyIndustrialDeal. Thread with key findings 🧵 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/c...

The ‘Clean’ Industrial Deal: a...

🗓️ Tomorrow is the 1-year anniversary of the EU’s #CleanIndustrialDeal. We looked into the lobbying: 🤝 750+ meetings - 3/working day 👔 90% = business interests 🔎 5.5% = NGOs 👷 1% = trade unions Big polluters have engineered a #DirtyIndustrialDeal 📖 Read more: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/c...

Part II of our #DirtyIndustrialDeal FAQs looks at its likely impact on gas imports and energy bills (hint: both are set to rise). This is what happens when the fossil fuel + energy intensive industries write climate policy. Polluter profits come first. corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/d...

The EU wants to weaken its #methane rules to import more US LNG ⛴️ even if it raises energy bills 📈 This attack on regulations is enshrined in the EU's own Clean Industrial Deal, a dirty industry bible. Find out more in Part II of our #DirtyIndustrialDeal FAQs corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/d...

The Dirty Industrial Deal FAQs...

😎 Good morning! If you miss it last week, here's a chance to catch up w/ our FAQs into the #DirtyIndustrialDeal, so-called Clean Industrial Deal. In part I we looked at the #CID within the broader competitivenes agenda of the EU. Part II, about to come, explains its impact on energy prices & gas.

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Q: How does the CID fit in the broader EU competitiveness agenda? A: Putting industrial competitiveness first is at the core of the Letta & Draghi reports, + underpins the EU's Competitiveness Compass 🧭. 🫤 Regulation becomes a burden, not a protection, as the CID reflects. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: How has the CID put industry in the driving seat? pt1 A: The CID states "Our proposals are directly tailored to [industry's] needs”. It has been designed with + for industry. But the proposals also create new channels for industry to influence policy and shape regulations. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: How has the CID put industry in the driving seat? pt2 A: The CID contains proposals to side-step binding regulations in favour of voluntary self-regulation. This is worrying given industry's track record of lobbying against strong protections for workers and the environment. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: Has the CID confused “public interest” with that of heavy industry? A: The CID wrongly assumes what is good for heavy industry is good for society, incl transferring public 💰 to big polluters. ⚠️ Given the high costs + potential negative impacts, it risks a major backlash. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: Who's behind the CID? A: A joint effort between 🇪🇺 EU Commission + a well-organised 🏭 industry lobbying effort. 📜 The CID officially credits the industry-led #AntwerpDeclaration + the EU-led Clean Transition Dialogues. Both served as vehicles for big polluter interests. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: Where does the CID come from? pt2 A: By arguing for "competitiveness", heavy industry successfully killed many environmental + social protections in the EGD 🥬, but secured ⬆️ political + financial 💰 support for the EGD's failed climate techno-fixes ⛔ like #CCS #hydrogen #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: Where does the CID come from? pt1 A: Industry lobbying began in 2022, wanting: ✅ more support for dirty industry ❎ fewer social and environmental regulations Industry justified it by a loss of competitiveness vs US 🇺🇸 & China 🇨🇳. But the public foots the bill 💰 #DirtyIndustrialDeal

Q: Is the so-called Clean Industrial Deal actually "clean"❓ A: No❗ ⛔ Deepens EU commitment to industry false solutions #hydrogen #CCUS ⛔ Ignores wider environmental problems like chemical pollution or deforestation ⛔ Instead of "Polluter Pays" principle, "Polluters GET Paid" #DirtyIndustrialDeal

❓Want the answers to some frequently asked questions about the EU’s #DirtyIndustrialDeal ❓ 💫 Read CEO's FAQs into the EU's so-called Clean Industrial Deal (CID). First part's on competitiveness 💫 🧵 Here’s a thread with a few select Qs and As 🧵 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/d...

The 🇪🇺 EU Commission's quest for competitiveness is epitomised by its so-called "Clean" Industrial Deal. This #DirtyIndustrialDeal will shape the next 5 years. But what is it really about? Who's behind it? We've broken it down in a FAQ 🤓 👁️ Read Part I here: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/d...