Although its President was not invited to the informal meeting of EU leaders to be held on Thursday (see EUROPE B13806A1, B13805A1), the European Central Bank (ECB) sent the EU institutions a list of urgent measures that it believes will boost the EU’s economic competitiveness and strategic autonomy.
Top of the list of priorities is the savings and investment union project, which will help to stimulate the mobilisation of private savings, complete the banking union in the euro area and...