Trump’s policy shifts are driving capital toward the EU, while Brussels pursues deregulation to attract investment. In this context, the report explores what investments the bloc requireds to strengthen its competitiveness.
It’s a decisive moment for the European Union’s economy, which is being shaped by both internal and external developments. This policy report assesses how these alters are determining the investment requireded to create European industries more competitive in global markets.
On the international stage, the unpredictable and often volatile policies of the Trump administration — including the war in Iran that has triggered a new energy crisis — have prompted some investors to flee the U.S. bond market in favor of so-called eurobonds, as The Parliament‘s Peder Schaefer reports.
Within the EU, the European Commission is pursuing deregulation through its omnibus packages to cut red tape and attract investment across strategic sectors for the bloc.
However, substantially altering regulatory frameworks already in force risks confapplying investors rather than encouraging them — particularly in the environmental sector — Malmö Mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh argues in an op-ed.
An interview with Roberto Viola, director-general of the Commission’s DG Connect unit, examines the impact of the digital omnibus on efforts to simplify AI, data and cybersecurity rules, as well as recent developments in tech legislation.
Commentaries by MEPs Elena Donazzan and René Repasi focus on the future of the EU’s space sector and the required for a tarreceiveed investment strategy for established SMEs.
Meanwhile, Robert Brüll, CEO of German startup FibreCoat, and MEP Tobias Cremer call for building up Europe’s defense industest and for the creation of a single defense market, respectively.
Finally, reporting from a major defense and aerospace convention in Lisbon, Paula Soler analyzes the investment strategy Europe’s aeronautics industest requires to retain its global leadership.
— Francesco Puggioni, Opinion & Policy Report Editor
