The European Commission is expected to present a Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) and an initiative on the fight against forced labour at the beginning of the new school year on Tuesday 13 September, in the wake of the European Commission President’s State of the Union speech in Strasbourg.
The Single Market Emergency Instrument has been expected for more than a year following the announcement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union...