Views: 57The European Commission has launched a consultation concerning the draft amendments to the State aid Implementing Regulation 794/2004 and to the State aid Best Practices Code (BPC) in preparation to new rules on access to environmental justice following the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee’s findings revealed in several cases.
European circular economy: strategy and policy-making
Views: 15Circular economy (CE) has been for long regarded as a vital component of the EU-wide economic security, competitiveness and sustainability. The CE in European political guidance occupies an important place combining such sectors as environment and water resilience, renewables and economic development, to name a few.
Transposing the EU directives: infringement decisions in January 2025
Views: 14In eleven socio-economic spheres, i.e. in the field of environment, financial stability and services, capital markets union, justice, taxation and VAT, mobility and transport the EU-27 member states have not transposed the EU directives. The Commission’s decisions acknowledge, on one side the EU institutions intention to streamline the Union-wide legal framework; on another, is […]
Boosting growth: competitiveness compass as the message to the EU states’ governance
Views: 156For decades the EU-wide corporate growth models were based generally on cheap goods (presumably from China) as well as affordable energy with favorable prices (from Russia) and “partially outsourcing security and investment”, as the Commission President noted recently. Thus, the Commission calls on the member states’ leaders to “help turn around the region’s sluggish […]
Transition to carbonized economy: “correcting” EU priorities
Views: 14There are already serious reservations concerning the EU’s net-zero growth, as well as about “indefinite delay” of corporate sustainability rules and a “far-reaching simplification”. These and other issues were mentioned recently by Von der Leyen, Commission President in Davos. However, some EU officials in headline commitments note that in the context of the Green […]
Developmental transition: global-national priorities through ESG and AI approaches
Views: 14Modern national growth concepts tend to include the ESG approaches, which are composed of environmental, social and governance components. Within this triangle, the governance often becomes a priority, particularly in the business sectors, in digital transition and data management. For the whole process to be successful, “managing” existing volumes and complexities of information becomes […]
European economic policy: convergence and alignment with the Commission’s agenda
Views: 20Commission’s officials acknowledge that productivity in the EU “has been slow for too long” and the euro “is threatening European competitiveness and hinders ability to invest”. Besides, debt levels remain high and in perspective “public spending faces growing pressures from defence issues to ageing population”. The member states agreed on urgent and coordinated policy […]
European security strategy: member states’ outbound investments to strengthen economy
Views: 14The European Union is one of the world’s leaders in both providing and attracting investments; however, modern changes in geopolitics require a profound understanding of all the potential risks involved. Hence, the EU is assessing the region’s outbound investment in key technology areas – semiconductors, AI and quantum technologies – in order to identify […]
Financing EU programs: borrowing internationally
Views: 13According to the EU Treaties, the European Commission, on behalf of the member states, is able to borrow from the international capital markets to finance selected EU policy programs. The EU-bond issues facility has a well-established name in debt securities markets, with a track record of bond issuances during last 40 years. Present EU […]
European net-zero industrial strategy
Views: 14The EU net-zero industry’s legislation is aimed at making European continent the focal point of world-wide clean technologies manufacturing and green jobs; it is identifying goals for net-zero industrial capacity and provide a regulatory framework suited for its quick deployment. However, the process is more complicated and includes several other aspects of the EU’s […]