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The European Union is actively integrating competitiveness into its core economic and industrial policy agenda, as evidenced by the Draghi and Letta reports [1] and its role as a central feature of the Union's economic strategy [2]. This relationship is further defined by the Union's efforts to balance internal productivity with geopolitical interdependence [3] and the ongoing evolution of its industrial and trade policies [4], [5].
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The EU's Open Strategic Autonomy and the challenge of ... globalpolicyjournal.com 7 facts
referenceThe European Union has developed a consensus on pursuing more assertive trade and industrial policies, characterized by competitiveness, drastic simplification, targeted support for innovative EU partnerships, and protection from unfair foreign competition, as outlined in the 2024 Draghi Report, the 2025 Competitiveness Compass, and the 2025 Clean Industrial Deal.
claimHistorically, the European Union's industrial policy has been subordinated to its competition policy, despite the European Commission's vocal support for competitiveness.
claimThe European Union's recent revamping of competitiveness seeks alternative paths to support internal productivity while adapting to high levels of interdependence that are weaponized along geopolitical divides.
claimCompetitiveness is a central feature of the new European Union economic policy agenda, acting as a conceptual bridge between the balance of Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) and the divide between consumers and suppliers within Member State electorates.
perspectiveEugenia Baroncelli argues that the European Union's Open Strategic Autonomy (OSA) mercantilism remains primarily reactive and defensive, with calls for competitiveness serving as a rhetorical bridge to unify the Union's liberalizing and autonomist factions.
claimEuropean Union competitiveness is defined as being at the crossroads of domestic industrial policy and foreign trade policy, and has been used as a synonym for growth-productivity or as an equivalent of trade performance, such as revealed comparative advantage and market shares.
referenceEugenia Baroncelli's chapter, 'The EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy and the challenge of competitiveness in the era of geo-politicized interdependence,' is part of a forthcoming e-book by the Global Governance Research Group of the UNA Europa network titled 'The European Union in an Illiberal World.'
The European quest for autonomy at a time of shifting paradigms tepsa.eu 1 fact
claimThe Draghi and Letta reports contain ideas that would help strengthen the autonomy and competitiveness of the European Union.