Seanergy: "We need real planning at both European and national level for marine energy" (C. Clergeau)

"We need real planning at both European and national level for marine energy. The North Sea Declaration showed that this is possible: each Member State committed itself to aligning its actions with European objectives, investing in ports and industry, and adopting a global approach to scale up. The main problem is the lack of an effective initiative to build this European planning. Perhaps we need a change of political and legislative approach on the subject", said Christophe Clergeau, Member of the European Parliament (S&D), at the round table "How Europe plans to scale up and France's part in the picture", organised at the Seanergy trade fair, dedicated to MRE, in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), on 19/05/2026.

He was speaking alongside Tinne Van der Straeten, Managing Director of WindEurope, and Hanno Salecker, Head of Maritime Spatial Planning at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).

" Currently, if we add up the projects in operation, under construction or under development, we have reached around two-thirds of the 300 gigawatts planned for the North Sea. However, when…