The European Commission adopted the 2026 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report, evaluating the Single Market’s functioning and assessing conditions for business innovation and growth. The report analyzes 29 key performance indicators, showing six improvements, six declines, and 15 stable metrics, with two new indicators introduced. Enhanced areas include skill recognition, market surveillance, AI adoption, and renewable energy capacity. Worsened indicators relate to intra-EU trade, directive implementation delays, and labour shortages. Stable metrics cover productivity and R&D investment. New indicators track administrative savings from simplification measures (€15 billion projected) and digital single market procedures. The Commission will prioritize addressing late payments and green transition barriers in 2026 through dialogue and enforcement actions. The report includes the Single Market Scoreboard and details on competitiveness initiatives.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_252
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