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At the Competitiveness Council (COMPET) on Monday, France will defend the extension of bans on the destruction of textile products, sectoral targets on critical raw materials, and the full inclusion of nuclear power in the EU's green industry text.
other part of the world, how difficult it was to return to the manufacturing of cars. and we are seeing it in the context of this crisis when we can see how our food, our energy, our defence are all issues of sovereignty. we can cooperate, we want to be open to the world, but we want to choose our partners and not depend on any. that is what we mean by sovereignty. not protectionism, not a question of closing the door, it is a question of having the possibility of staying open without being dependent. so the versailles agenda has set out the next few months but if we work along those lines, as regards defence we want to be able to defy the investments that we need. several of us are already at the level of 2% of gdp invested in defence. others have further efforts to make. but we will make coordinated efforts, we will identify our needs and budgetary terms. we will identify capabilities that are required. we will also