EU competitiveness Internal Market and Industry ministers council
epa10340972 Minister of Employment of Finland Tuula Haatainen and Czech Minister for Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela (R) at the start of EU Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry) in Brussels, Belgium, 01 December 2022. Ministers are expected to adopt a general approach on the Chips Act. 'The package aims to reduce the EU's vulnerabilities and dependencies on foreign actors, improve the EU's security of supply, resilience and technological sovereignty in the field of semiconductor applications and technologies', according to the European. Council. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET