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Competition Reporter @politico.eu looking into state aid, IPCEIs and industrial policy, with a side of mergers, antitrust and DMA
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The Commission wants to loosen state aid rules also for nuclear energy and for support to electricity-intensive industries, according to the latest draft of its new framework.

Read more here (for Pros): pro.politico.eu/news/200626
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June 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The European Commission is creating a new category of “small mid-cap” companies that will be exempted from eight EU laws, it announced today.
Commission exempts 38,000 companies from 8 EU laws
The EU executive is creating a new category of “small mid-cap” companies as it continues a deregulation push.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The Commission says Europeans need to have at least 72-hours worth of supplies, as part of its preparedness plan to be presented later today.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Threat of war and disease means Europeans need 3 days’ supplies, Commission to warn
“Europe cannot afford to remain reactive,” the European Commission will warn in strategy to be unveiled on Wednesday.
www.politico.eu
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments, via @framiche.bsky.social and @audevdh.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments
State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.
www.politico.eu
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Commission's competitiveness compass initiative, originally scheduled for tomorrow, delayed again. Now due Jan 29

w/ @audevdh.bsky.social + Giovanna Faggionato www.politico.eu/article/comm...
Commission’s competitiveness proposal gets bumped to Jan. 29
The EU’s Competitiveness Compass, aiming to set out the bloc’s economic strategy, has now been delayed by another week, according to a fresh agenda.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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It was meant to be the first Commission initiative of the year, but there won't be a ~competitiveness compass~ unveiling next week after all.

Scoop on delay w/ colleagues @audevdh.bsky.social and Giovanna Faggionato pro.politico.eu/news/191881 (€)
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January 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The EU is working on plans to save its historical industries and help new technologies scale up, industry chief Stéphane Séjourné told me. Read more about it here. #cleantech #industry #steel
France’s man in Brussels touts a strategy to save Europe’s embattled industry
The European Commission’s industry chief is lining up help for energy-hungry industries, aiming to stoke demand for them via public procurement.
www.politico.eu
January 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM