European Union
Joint non-paper by Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Sweden on bioeconomy.
The European Union is entering a new institutional cycle in the context of unprecedented global challenges, which highlights the need to strengthen its global competitiveness. Improving the conditions for doing business within the EU needs to be the top priority for the new Commission. Our fundamental competitive advantage - the Single Market - therefore has to be at the centre of our ideas and actions on competitiveness.
Information from the Austrian, Finnish, Slovenian and Swedish delegations, supported by the Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Slovak delegations.
The need for ambitious global climate action has never been more evident. 2023 proved to be the warmest year on record. Global warming is set to intensify a number of adverse effects putting the welfare and security of the world at risk.
