to political debates that emphasise the cost of EU spending rather than the benefits, and add to the perception of the EU … budget in terms of net balances, rather than value added. • The financing of the EU budget must be reassessed in the light of … the July 2020 decision to launch the Next Generation EU programme. Budget resources could include a plastics charge, a …

United States, especially, do not separate economic interests from geopolitical interests in the same way the EU does. They … considers how the EU and its member states can better protect European economic sovereignty in a range of areas, including state … area, we recommend ways to improve the EU’s capacity to wield economic power, without advocating increased protectionism or …

from the EU of the United Kingdom - home to the EU’s main capital market centre - makes the project even more relevant …. Although integrating and deepening capital markets has been a long standing goal of the EU, actual progress has been limited … development of EU capital markets. Although the European Council has repeatedly underlined the CMU’s importance, only a few of …

. The impact of the EU’s AML shortcomings has been further underlined by changing geopolitics and by the new reality of … European banking union. The EU legal framework combines a strong, enforceable single market with national AML supervision of … banks and other financial and non-financial firms in which the mechanisms to ensure EU-wide supervisory consistency are …