Although their debate on the EU’s competitiveness was largely overshadowed by the impact of the war in the Middle East on energy costs (see other news), on Thursday 19 March in Brussels, the EU27 reiterated the guidelines set out in Alden Biesen(see EUROPE B13807A1) for removing obstacles in the internal market and stepping up work on simplifying legislation.
In their conclusions, they set the EU’s co-legislators a precise timetable for completing key initiatives such as the proposal...