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The Dranaissance Podcast explores the forces shaping Europe’s future.
Europe is rich, smart, and powerful… yet losing the future.
Why Listen?
• Real builders reveal exactly how they scale…
The Dranaissance Podcast explores the forces shaping Europe’s future.
Europe is rich, smart, and powerful… yet losing the future.
Why Listen?
• Real builders reveal exactly how they scale unicorns, AI factories, and Europe’s next giants.
• Battle-tested ideas that turn pessimism into action and competitiveness into dominance.
• Raw talks that reconnect the continent’s smartest minds and bring back the winning feeling.
No reports. No theory. Just the rebirth of European ambition.
For founders, investors, technologists, and leaders who refuse European decline.
Topics covered:
European industry • Entrepreneurship • AI & technology • Startups & venture capital • EU policy & regulation • Industrial strategy • Energy transition • Geopolitics & economic power • Leadership & innovation
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Why Steel Matters for Europe's Defence Autonomy | Kathleen Van Brempt, MEP
Can European business still compete with the United States and China in defence autonomy?
Europe's defence ambitions raise an important industrial question: can it maintain the manufacturing…
Can European business still compete with the United States and China in defence autonomy?
Europe's defence ambitions raise an important industrial question: can it maintain the manufacturing capacity and access to essential materials needed to support them?
Steel, aluminium, chemicals and critical raw materials all have a role to play. But industrial competitiveness also depends on affordable energy, investment conditions, reliable supply chains and the ability to operate across European markets.
In Episode 12 of Dranaissance, Kathleen Van Brempt, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade, joins Brecht Seifi to examine how these challenges affect Europe's industrial future.
THE INDUSTRIAL CHOICES BEHIND DEFENCE AUTONOMY:
1. Steel and defence: Why maintaining industrial production matters for economic security and defence capabilities.
2. Critical raw materials: How supply-chain dependencies affect Europe's ability to manufacture essential products.
3. Industrial investment: Why financing conditions and international incentives influence where companies expand, including Kathleen's account of a proposed chemical investment in Antwerp.
4. Energy and competitiveness: How energy costs, electrification and the Green Deal influence manufacturing decisions.
5. Regulation and the single market: How simpler procedures and better coordination could make it easier for European businesses to grow.
The discussion raises a broader question: what industrial capabilities does Europe need to maintain if it wants greater strategic independence?
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Kathleen Van Brempt
Member of the European Parliament
Vice-Chair, Committee on International Trade
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Brecht Seifi
Founder & CEO, DraghiAI
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