EU industrial transition threatens 1.3 million jobs; trade union calls for binding labour guarantees (socialeurope.eu)

• 1.3 million manufacturing jobs in the EU are at risk, per the Commission
• Energy-intensive industries employ 2.6 million workers in the EU27
• A Quality Jobs Act is proposed to tie investment to enforceable labour standards

"Judith Kirton-Darling, general secretary of industriAll European Trade Union, warns of a social tsunami due to the EU's industrial transformation. Citing Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu, she notes 1.3 million manufacturing jobs at risk. Energy-intensive industries employ 2.6 million workers; net job losses in 2025 were 210,000. Kirton-Darling criticises the European Semester's fragmentation and the skills myth. She proposes a Quality Jobs Act with binding standards on collective bargaining, training, and job quality to prevent backlash."