EU Competitiveness

September 30, 2025

Draghi’s Dilemma: Competitiveness, Great Power Competition, and Europe’s Next Move

A year after the release of the Draghi Report, little progress has been made in implementing the reforms that were mapped as urgent. The current political rhetoric of the Commission calling for Europe to wake up and calling for urgency in implementing reforms, is inconsistent with the pace of action.
September 23, 2025

Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: When Good Intentions Pave a Highway to Hell

As the EU prepares to fully implement its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in January 2026, concerns are mounting that this flagship climate policy could backfire, increasing costs for European businesses and consumers while sparking international trade disputes.
July 31, 2025

The SME Relief Package: Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Europe’s SMEs

The European Commission’s SME Relief Package is a response to the growing challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the EU, including excessive red tape, regulatory fragmentation, and weak cross-border scalability.
January 28, 2025

Reviving Europe’s Competitive Edge

Reviving Europe’s Competitive Edge analyses the European Union’s declining influence in the global economy and recommends concrete steps for the Commission on how to regain our economic competitiveness.
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