As EU struggles to finance green investments, French businesses bet on capital markets union

Relaxing state aid rules is a step forward in unlocking new green financing, but โ€œwe must move quicklyโ€ on the capital markets union (CMU) to reach private investors’ money, French business association Medefโ€™s chief Patrick Martin said on Monday (13 No…

โ€˜Bidenomicsโ€™ ties social conditionalities to industrial policy, but EU hasnโ€™t followed suit

With its so-called Bidenomics, the US is leading the way in linking subsidies to social conditionalities, an approach that the EU has both criticised due to its impacts on competition and been reluctant to integrate into its industrial policy.