In her Special Address at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Von der Leyen highlighted the need for Europe to "shift gears" given this era of "harsh geostrategic competition"; a need that has intensified given recent events. In the following weeks, the European Commission presented its action plan for the next five years—the EU Competitiveness Compass—and the 2025 Work Programme, defining an ambitious roadmap with a very tight timetable.
The compass, that builds on Mario Draghi´s report on the future of European competitiveness, identifies three necessities for the EU to boost its competitiveness and five horizontal enablers.
Europe´s strategy for the next five years will greatly impact regulation both at European and national levels and consequently the finance and business worlds. Because of this, we have decided to create a collection of our publications relevant and related to the EU competitive strategy. Not all the EU initiatives will be relevant for our scope, our focus will mainly reflect our clients’ needs and demands and might change over time. For the time being, we will be focusing on changes impacting (in alphabetical order) capital markets, defense, energy, finance, sustainability, and venture capital.
