It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Dirk Vantyghem

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

7 March 2024

1 minute

Based on the results from the skills gap analysis, AEQUALIS4TCLF will develop new national skills strategies in seven countries to address specific regional needs.

AEQUALIS-4-TCLF Brings Together 19 European Partners to Upskill and Reskill the TCLF Sectors for Equality and Inclusion

Brussels, Belgium: In the context of the EU Pact for Skills, EURATEX is proud to launch an EU co-funded project under ERASMUS+ Programme to support the up-skilling and reskilling in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) sectors. The new project, AEQUALIS-4-TCLF, brings together 19 partners mainly from Eastern and Northern Europe[1] wh...

Euro Polls / EURATEX Manifesto

4 January 2024

3 minutes

The 2024 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held on 6 to 9 June 2024. This will be the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit.

Ahead of Parliament Elections EURATEX Manifesto Calls for 4-Pronged Approach to Textile Policies

As a new European Parliament is set to be voted in June 2024, EURATEX, the voice of the textile and apparel industry, has released a manifesto urging for a competitive playing field.

Staff Writer

World Trade / EU Deficit

18 May 2023

2 minutes

A growing deficit is a cause for concern; the objective of the EU’s Industrial Strategy is to strengthen its resilience and “strategic autonomy” is not happening. Instead, dependency has increased, and becomes critical in certain raw materials and fibres.

EU Trade Deficit in Textiles and Clothing Jumped 48% in 2022

Euratex, the voice of the European textile and clothing industry, has urged on the need to stabilise inflation, restore consumer confidence and ensure a level playing field for this industry.

Staff Writer

EU energy crisis / EURATEX Response

5 October 2022

3 minutes

Last week, EU energy ministers approved a Council Regulation proposal to address high energy prices. The regulation focuses on the electricity prices and electricity demand reduction. They, according to EURATEX, miss the point of bringing gas prices down—the one measure that would bring the biggest impact on European industry.

As Member States Roll out Different Support Schemes, Single Market Gets Fragmented

On Tuesday, EURATEX, in a statement, described the European Commission’s hesitation to adopt a European price cap on natural gas, accompanied by massive national spending programmes to subsidise domestic gas consumption as a dereliction of duty. EURATEX Director-General Dirk Vantyghem tells texfash.com about the need for a plan at EU level, and not a situation where single member states compete with each other in launching national support programmes.

Subir Ghosh

Interview

Wide Angle / EU Textiles Strategy 2030 / V

8 April 2022

7 minutes

As the strategy emphasises repairability and reusability of textiles, it’s fair to say that textile manufacturers will be forced to adapt by designing clothing that is not only more sustainable in the ecological sense, but repairable and re-useable.

EU Textiles Strategy to have domino effect on rest of world

The recently-announced EU Textiles Strategy is likely to have a bearing on how the textiles-apparel-fashion industry works around the world. But before that can happen, the Strategy would have to be writ in law(s). A peek into how matters might unfold.