Views: 44The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, FSR was adopted a couple of years ago, to enable the Commission addressing distortions to the European internal market caused by foreign subsidies. Hence the rules allow corporate community in the EU states to ensure a level playing field for all companies, while remaining open to trade and investment. […]
Category: EU in global governance
Energy summits in EU and the world during 2026: going through crises and reforms
Views: 58Europe has entered new 2026 at a decisive moment in its energy transition. After years of crisis-driven responses and major regulatory reforms, the focus is now shifting toward implementation, turning strategies into concrete projects that strengthen Europe’s economic resilience, technological leadership and climate ambition.
European food security: towards competitive agro-business
Views: 49The European future of farming and a competitive agro-food sector are key components of the continental-wide security and sovereignty. Hence, the EU institutions are “ready to act where needed”, as the Commission confirmed in its recent “Vision for agriculture and food”. And the EU will continue in the longer term to rigorously defend farmers’ […]
Perspectives for 2026: top European trends and predictions
Views: 692Although, most predictions are of little value, still any forecasting is well worth to consider; specifically, looking at what might happen in 2026 in the EU and worldwide. It is difficult to believe in the experts’ views on possible events, but some trends might be valuable. Thus, there are two most vital: the growth […]
Green business and sustainability: new corporate facets
Views: 49Rising global climate mitigation and environmental challenges are forcing businesses to actively implement imperative sustainable approaches and practices. The concept of “green entrepreneurship” has emerged as a pivotal instrument to manage environmentally responsible innovation and economic growth. One of the studies attracted our attention showing new parameters in green-growth theories and their practical implementation, […]
Stronger European economic sectors through simplification regulation’s packages
Views: 109After the year-round “strategic dialogues” with the member states and stakeholders, the Commission announced main focal points in the process of “simpler legislation” and regulations in socio-economic development. Below is the account of major legislative simplifications in political economies (as well as in corporate entities) reflected in the EU-wide drafted simplification strategy towards competitiveness, […]
Towards resilient approaches to geopolitical transformations: the EU and US strategies
Views: 68Modern global challenges and geopolitical tensions have forced states and regions to “re-calibrate” their growth patterns and security policies. We suggest for our readers a digest of recent trends based on the EU (by researchers form Bruegel) and the US government’s strategies in drafting modernised approaches to internal and external developmental resilience.
European economy: facing stagnation period
Views: 220The European Business Intelligence (EBI) issued recently a new report examining the EU’s structural economic transformations during last two decades, and “contextualizing” European “relative decline in the global economic weight”, with the consequential implications for competitiveness, resilience and sovereignty. The EU’s future prosperity depends on “linking competitiveness with sovereignty”: i.e. the EU must transform […]
Recent climate and energy issues: COP-30’s “global mutirão”
Views: 81If countries around the world (and in the EU-27 too) want massive support for green energy and climate mitigation policies, they must connect their strategies to daily life: i.e. with affordable homes, cleaner air, reliable (and free!) public transport, etc. Opponents frame the green transition as a cost; but it’s the smartest ever investment […]
EU’s new enlargement perspectives: fostering gradual integration
Views: 132In the newly adopted Enlargement Package, the European Commission presented an annual comprehensive assessment of the progress made by the ten “enlargement partners” during last twelve months. This year’s package reaffirms that the momentum for enlargement stands high on the EU’s priority agenda; the assessment also confirms that the accession of ten new EU […]