Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Von der Leyen plans Armenia visit to show support for pro-EU government https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-plans-armenia-visit-to-show-support-for-pro-eu-government/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #AgricultureandFood #Publicprocurement #SingleMarket #Innovation #Referendum #HealthCare #Technology #Elections #Livestock #Military #Security #Politics #Borders #Defense #Exports #Kremlin #Markets #Defense #Trade #Trade
Andy Burnham feared Brexit. Soon he may have to fix it. https://www.politico.eu/article/andy-burnham-feared-brexit-soon-he-may-have-to-fix-it/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Makerfieldby-election #FinancialServicesUK #EnergyandClimateUK #Britishpolitics #Highereducation #TradeAgreements #CustomsUnion #Demographics #EUreferendum #Negotiations #SingleMarket #TechnologyUK #Referendum #Buildings #Elections #Emissions #Research #Tariffs #TradeUK #Brexit #Growth #Cars
To build climate resilience, start with food https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/to-build-climate-resilience-start-with-food/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Greenhousegasemissions #AgricultureandFood #Climateleadership #cuttingemissions #Energyefficiency #Circulareconomy #Decarbonization #Infrastructure #Sustainability #Foodsecurity #SingleMarket #Supplychains #Agriculture #Electricity #Foodsafety #Investment #Regulation #Regulatory #Resilience #Buildings
Richard Michael Blaberhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/18/brexit-customs-union-exports-single-market-research. "Brexit has depressed #UK #exports to the #EU by 12%, & re-joining the #customs #union would undo only a fraction of the damage... #services sector exports to the EU are 7% lower than they would have been if the UK had remained in the EU, & #goods exports are 16% lower... the 'overwhelming majority' of the impact - 10% of the total 12% decline in exports - is accounted for by leaving the #SingleMarket." See: https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/JS_AS_brexit10_18.6.26_final.pdf, @pennine.
4 things to watch at the European Council https://www.politico.eu/article/4-things-to-watch-european-council-china-trade-competition-budget-war/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #EmissionsTradingSystem #AgricultureandFood #FinancialServices #EnergyandClimate #Competitiveness #Dumping/Duties #ForeignAffairs #Neighborhood #Overcapacity #Rawmaterials #SingleMarket #WarinUkraine #Agriculture #Enlargement #MiddleEast #Companies #Emissions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/labour-came-to-power-with-no-big-idea-for-relations-with-eu-says-former-top-diplomat; https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration. The idea that #Starmer actually attempted to obtain a #SingleMarket, in #goods only, from #Brussels, when he ought to have known that it would be rejected out-of-hand is utterly risible, @ChrisMayLA6. He should know for a cast-iron fact that it's all 4 freedoms - or NONE of them! The #Tories wanted #free #movement of #capital, #goods & #services, but not labour, & were told they couldn't have their cake & eat it. The same rule applies!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/lib-dems-to-urge-labour-to-drop-torpor-and-timidity-on-eu-and-rejoin-single-market. At last! The #LibDems have finally come off the fence, & are now calling for #Britain (NOT the #UK, as #NorthernIreland is already in it, de facto, if not de jure) to re-join the #SingleMarket. That makes 100% #economic #sense, but it entails restoring #free #movement, so the #Tories & #ReformUK will be vehemently opposed, but so, too, will #Labour, @ChrisMayLA6!
Jan PenfratTo be fair, the rest of Ribera's speech is not bad: she emphasises how industrial policy (competitiveness!) should not reduce #competition in the EU #SingleMarket and that the combination of technological, market, and political power is a real problem.
But the ignorance needed to celebrate the EU #HumanRights record in 2026 (and being applauded from an audience full of wealthy lawyers for it) is really sad.
Merz hints at tougher China trade measures ahead of EU summit https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-signals-openness-to-tougher-china-trade-measures-ahead-of-eu-summit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #FinancialServices #Nationalbudgets #Overcapacity #SingleMarket #Competition #EUsummit #Industry #Politics #Exports #Imports #Markets #Tariffs #Budget #Growth #Trade #Trade
Enrico LettaRT by @EnricoLetta: A strong push for #SingleMarket delivery:
➡️@EnricoLetta launches the “One Europe, One #Market” tour today.
➡️The @EESC_INT is proud to have contributed to the report and will continue supporting this crucial work
A strong push for #SingleMarket delivery:
➡️@EnricoLetta launches the “One Europe, One #Market” tour today.
➡️The @EESC_INT is proud to have contributed to the report and will continue supporting this crucial work
EESC PRESS (@EESC_PRESS)
What's holding back the #SingleMarket?
👉Weak enforcement of common EU rules
👉Declining consumer confidence
👉Complexity for SMEs
👉Loss of digital competitiveness
Read our story on the joint @EU_EESC @EU_CoR @EUparliament event One Europe, One Market
link.europa.eu/GDN7Tt
— https://nitter.net/EESC_PRESS/status/2062806102547296701#m
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