Europeโs Industrial Future Is Not Where Most People Think It Is
For the past several years, Europeโs industrial debate has been dominated by a single word: decline. Factories are closing. Energy prices remain structurally higher than in competing regions. Germanyโs industrial machine is under pressure. Steel, chemicals, fertilizers, and other energy-intensive sectors continue to struggle with the aftershocks of the gas crisis triggered by Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine. The conclusion often seems self-evident: Europe is deindustrializing. But reality is becoming far more complicated than theโฆ