Costa Urges Action on EU’s Competitiveness Woes
European Council chief sees ‘clear sense of urgency’ on competitiveness
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Can Europe rise to the moment and tackle its competitiveness problem? That’s the question looming over two days of meetings that kick off with an Industrial Summit in Antwerp today and a retreat for EU leaders at the 16th-century Alden Biesen castle east of Brussels tomorrow.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, European Council President Antonio Costa urged leaders to seize the moment. He cited a “clear sense of urgency” among EU decisionmakers, stressing that “now we need effectively to take decisions with an impact.”