TAG: Single Market
Ursula’s empty green Davos promise
Almost a year ago to the day, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to the snowy environs of Davos to make a...
8 months ago
EU snubs dying solar manufacturers as China poised to swallow market
BRUSSELS — Europe’s solar producers are hurtling towards extinction after the European Union hinted Tuesday that it wouldn’t bail out ailing manufacturers, according to a person familiar with closed-door talks — a move that puts thousands of jobs at risk...
6 months ago
EU takes the ax to green farming rules
The European Commission is finalizing a series of legislative proposals that would severely weaken environmental requirements for farmers — flying in the face of advice by its top scientists that agriculture must become more sustainable or it will be deci...
6 months ago
EU steps up bid to curb China’s green tech market lead
BRUSSELS — On paper, the EU sees China as a partner in the fight against climate change.But the trade reality tells a different story. As Beijing responds to weak domestic demand with heavy state subsidies, it’s a perfect recipe for overcapacity — from el...
6 months ago
EU gears up to sue Germany if it doesn’t change divisive gas tax
BRUSSELS — The EU will haul Germany to court unless the country revises a controversial gas law that neighboring countries say is harming their efforts to diversify away from Russian energy, a senior European Commission official told POLITICO.Germany adop...
6 months ago
Does the EU have what it takes to fight China on green tech?
The EU is getting increasingly trigger happy as it launches probe after probe into whether China is unfairly supporting its exporters and, in so doing, potentially killing off competitors based in the bloc’s single market — in sectors ranging from electri...
6 months ago
Time for a European single market ‘with teeth’ to take on China, India, leaders told
BRUSSELS ― It's older than the euro and as integral to the EU as being able to cross borders without a passport ― but the single market is failing to deliver while ever-stronger world economies gain the upper hand.Enrico Letta, a former Italian prime mini...
6 months ago
Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race
HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...
5 months ago
EU shouldn’t leave newer members behind, Dombrovskis says on enlargement anniversary
Expanding the EU’s ranks has been an “overall” success — but an economic chasm between member countries persists, the bloc’s trade and economics chief said Wednesday.Twenty years after 10 Central and Eastern European countries joined the EU, it’s clear en...
5 months ago
Springtime comes for Europe’s economy
The European economy emerged from a shallow recession in the first quarter of 2024, ending a year of virtual stagnation.Expansion in the bloc was broad-based, with all of the biggest national economies performing slightly better than expected, as falling...
5 months ago
EU announces deal with Andorra and San Marino – just don’t mention finance
European microstates Andorra and San Marino are to get expanded access to the EU's single market — but their important financial sectors are to be excluded for now.Once ratified, the "association agreement" will allow the two tiny nations a similar level...
4 months ago
The MEPs who actually matter
This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide.There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette.Céline Imart AGRICUL...
2 months ago
Von der Leyen is in! Let the fighting over the next European Commission begin.
STRASBOURG — Ursula von der Leyen will spend the next five years as president of the European Commission. But getting the approval of EU leaders and MEPs is just the start. Now, she needs to start work on a puzzle so complicated it'll make solving a Rubik...
2 months ago
The dirty little secret no politician will admit: There is no way to ‘go for growth’
Investment professionals and politicians who spurned Liz Truss's “go for growth” strategy for the British economy are slowly waking up to an uncomfortable truth.The former U.K. Prime Minister's plan, which relied on unfunded tax cuts that were perceived t...
2 months ago