"Global leadership is still up for grabs. And Europe is not only a challenger but a leader in many fields that will define this race.”
— President von der Leyen
One year ago, Mario Draghi presented his competitiveness report.
And we are delivering, turning promise into real action 👇
Progress so far:
✅ 70% of electricity is now low-carbon, plus €40 billion invested in wind power, boosting green jobs and the transition
✅ Top-tier IT infrastructure with 4 EU supercomputers now in the global top 10
✅ €150 billion mobilised for joint defence projects, as part of a total of €800 billion investment package
✅ Simplification proposals to cut €8 billion a year of costs for European companies 👇
Business as usual does not work anymore. It’s time to up the ante.
Here's what is coming next 👇
🔜 €400 billion Competitiveness Fund to boost research, digital innovation and clean technologies
🔜 Energy Grids Package to fix 8 critical bottlenecks across Europe – from the Pyrenees to the Trans-Balkan pipeline, from the Øresund Strait to the Sicilian Canal
🔜 New simplification packages on digital and military mobility
"This is the urgency mindset we promised. And we will relentlessly stay the course until we get all of it done."
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One year after the Draghi report – the figures: https://link.europa.eu/hMnm77
President von der Leyen keynote address: https://link.europa.eu/wGV4KX
@EUCommission This is great but the member states are still dragging on the most important reforms: we need common debt, common army, electrical infrastructure, financial markets... And of course votes with a qualified majority instead of unanimity.
@zbrando @EUCommission Common army won't happen anytime soon. There are plenty of issues that would need to be fixed first, like the unanimity you mentioned.
We could at least standardise more stuff. Right now our armoured vehicles use plenty of incompatible radios, so they can talk to their commands, but not to each other. Our rocket artillery should use standardised containers; those standard containers could even be used also for air defence and anti-ship missiles. And so on...
