Discord looms over member states talks on EU financing โ€˜sensitiveโ€™ issue

While EU industry broadly agreed with former European Central Bank President Mario Draghiโ€™s โ€œvalidโ€ diagnosis of Europeโ€™s economic ills, they remained deeply divided on Thursday (26 September) over how to fund the blocโ€™s bulkyย  investment needs….

Lack of productivity growth โ€˜existential challengeโ€™ for Europe, Draghi report says

Europe is facing an “existential challenge” to increase its productivity, Mario Draghiโ€™s long-awaited report on European competitiveness states, with the main priorities focused on advancing the tech sector and ensuring a successful transition towards …

โ€˜Quite underwhelmingโ€™: Draghi briefing on competitiveness report light on details

Mario Draghiโ€™s presentation of his long-awaited report on the future of Europeโ€™s competitiveness to EU officials on Wednesday (4 July) was light on details and policy proposals – with Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen signalling she hasn’t accessed…

Europe needs concrete action on connectivity policy

Policymakers have already recognized the need for a new digital approach. Done right, it can take us into a more prosperous, fair and flourishing future.

US Big Tech lobby challenges EU Commissionโ€™s telecoms โ€˜investment gapโ€™

Doubts on the European Commission’s claim of an investment gap of at least โ‚ฌ174 billion to meet Europe’s 2030 connectivity targets have been shed in a document shared with Euractiv by lobby association CCIA Europe, representing Amazon, Google and Meta,…

Time for Europe to deliver

Europeโ€™s destiny must be to remain a beacon of peace, a thriving democracy where the rule of law is observed.

The upcoming battle over telecoms deregulation

Reforms of the telecom sector are expected to be at the top of the policy agenda for the next EU mandate and a battle is already heating up over the need to deregulate it.

Europe Ahead: Socialistsโ€™ Schmit on why over-regulation isnโ€™t Europeโ€™s main problem

Europeโ€™s economic problems primarily result from insufficient investment rather than excessively burdensome regulations, the Socialistsโ€™ lead candidate for the Commission presidency, Nicolas Schmit, told Euractiv in an interview.