Partnering with Governments

On 21 July, the Fusion Industry Association published a paper outlining a practical EU financing roadmap for commercial fusion energy. As fusion projects move from research to demonstration, first-of-a-kind plants and commercial deployment, they require different funding and financing tools at each stage of development. Europe’s financing framework must evolve from a collection of individual programmes into a coherent funding architecture that supports the entire fusion commercialisation journey.

On May 27, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to European Commissioners Dan Jørgensen and Ekaterina Zaharieva urging the pending EU Fusion Strategy to be delivered urgently, accompanied by a clear Action Plan, concrete timelines, and funding commitments. Coordinated by the FIA, the signatories include MEPs Pascal Arimont, Hildegard Bentele, Kris Van Dijck, Matej Tonin, Nicola Procaccini, Andrea Wechsler, Ondrej Krutilek, Angelika Niebler, Susana Solís Pérez, Bart Groothuis, and Christophe Grudler.