In her State of the Union address on 14 September 2022, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, outlined flagship initiatives which the Commission plans to undertake in the coming year. Many of them are made in response to recommendations citizens made through the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Among other initiatives, there are several action points outlined with the aim of supporting the business environment, particularly small and medium enterprises, to strengthen Europe’s future competitiveness.
These include:
- Revision of EU’s internal electricity market rules
- European critical raw materials act
- SME Relief Package, including Late Payment Directive
- Initiative on virtual worlds, such as metaverse
- Patent Licensing package
- Proposal for European Year of Skills
- Legislative proposal on a second set of new own resources
- Legislative proposal on Business in Europe: a framework for income taxation ‘BEFIT’
- Recognition of qualifications of third country nationals