Europe’s Competitiveness Crisis: From Fragmentation to Strategic Scale

In this paper, we discuss:

• Europe’s competitiveness gap with the US and China, driven by slower growth, lower productivity, and Single Market fragmentation;
• Plans to simplify EU regulation and complete the Single Market under the principle of “one market for one Europe;”
• Industrial policy measures, including revised merger rules, strategic preference for EU firms, and lower energy costs;
• The proposed “28th regime,” creating a single corporate framework for companies operating across the EU;
• A Savings and Investments Union to channel savings into productive investment and improve financing access.

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