Agreement on the European Competitiveness Fund is a key step for the next #MFF.
To deliver, it must:
📍 Boost innovation at scale
📍 Reduce strategic dependencies
📍 Support EU industry’s competitiveness
Clear priorities & strong governance will be essential:
link.europa.eu/TM7Nph
🌊 A renewed Pact for the Mediterranean must put business & civil society at the centre. Reforms for MSMEs are needed, incl:
✅ access to finance
✅ simplified procedures
✅ support for digitalisation & connectivity
➡️ Read more with Manthos Mavrommatis: link.europa.eu/KdDYrw
Europe has the talent & ideas but struggles to scale them.
In our Opinion on the Start-ups Strategy we call for a “rebirth of the European Market Act” to restore a functioning, uniform single market & cut red tape.
➡️ Read more with Rapporteur Paul Rübig: link.europa.eu/3nNjFx
EU market surveillance: how can we close the gap btw rules & reality?
Through smarter enforcement & reforms. Whitout this, the EU risks falling behind a rapidly changing market landscape.
👇 Learn more with Rapporteur Antje Gerstein: link.europa.eu/Q6HCwY
Strengthening Europe’s tech base is key to competitiveness.
The Tech Sovereignty Package is a positive step to boost investment & innovation while keeping markets open & business conditions predictable for companies to scale. But implementation is key.
Read more: link.europa.eu/NHgVQt
📍 European business wallets can support a simpler & more digital #SingleMarket. But they have to be interoperable, easy to use & deliver real value for businesses without adding new burdens.
🔗 Read the Opinion: link.europa.eu/VGWNkM
Only civil society ownership & reforms will lead to a successful EU #enlargement
Financial support must go beyond technical alignment with the #SingleMarket & promote inclusive growth & democratic governance.
➡️ Lear more with Rapporteur Oleg Roibu: link.europa.eu/GBDNXq
Competitiveness, values & security will be at the heart of
#Ireland2026EU priorities. What we need is to turn them into real actions to:
✅ Reduce regulatory burden for companies
✅ Attract investments
✅ Finalise the MFF
Learn more with President @sandraparthie.bsky.social 👇
🌊 Geography can affect the way businesses compete.
Today @ec.europa.eu announced the EU Strategy for Islands and Coastal Communities. It omes at the right moment but its success depends on investment, a sustainable blue economy & a business‑friendly implementation.
Learn more 👇
🗯️Europe has around 8% of global scale-ups while 60% are in North America. The main problem is not #innovation but commercialisation. The EU should create markets & demand, & make the #SingleMarket a true one 🎯
🎬 Learn more w/ @sandraparthie.bsky.social at #EESCplenary debate on #startups
Negotiations on the next MFF (2028-2034) are moving forward.
The Council has agreed partial general approaches on three key programmes:
🔹 national and regional partnership plans
🔹 the European competitiveness fund
🔹 global Europe
Find out more 👇
link.europa.eu/3GR4Pr
🇪🇺 Europe is taking control of its data, its supply chains, and its future.
The Tech Sovereignty Package marks a major transformation in the EU’s approach to technology and a significant step forward in our efforts to strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty.
Henna Virkkunen
The Council has adopted a negotiating position on the European business wallets. It would be a new digital tool to help businesses and public administrations manage operations and interactions online:
• simply
• securely
• across borders
Read more → link.europa.eu/fGpVmd
