The EU Member States overwhelmingly welcomed the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI), but called for numerous clarifications and streamlining during a first general approach debate at the EU ‘Competitiveness’ Council on Thursday 29 September.
“I am pleased to see that there is a very high degree of convergence” between the Member States, said the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton. “It was very important because it is true that there had been some concerns...