EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Work at Council on draft EU framework for screening of foreign investments to begin in early March

Brussels, 27/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 27 February, the Bulgarian economy minister, Emil Karanikolov, confirmed that the first work at the Council of the EU on the draft Community framework for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) of third countries in strategic European sectors, as proposed by the Commission in September 2017 (see EUROPE 11862), would get underway “in the next 10 days”.

“The Bulgarian Presidency is aware of the importance of FDI in the EU and their effects on public security and...