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| Slovakia wants to be a strong player in the creation of the EU fund |
| Brusel, 29.09.2025 |
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| Slovakia wants to play an equal role in shaping the future European Union (EU) competitiveness fund as other EU member states. This was stated by the Minister of Economy Denisa Saková (Hlas-SD) after the Monday meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels, according to a TASR reporter.
Saková emphasized that the ministers focused on three main topics – the creation of the EU competitiveness fund, the goal of banning the production of combustion engines in the automotive industry after 2035, and simplifying the processes of the functioning of the EU single market.
She clarified that the competitiveness fund should have a budget of around 450 billion euros in the next programming period, with current discussions focusing on establishing the specific instruments of this fund.
"We appeal for smaller states and entrepreneurs from Slovakia to have access to these resources without having to overcome unnecessary administrative burdens," she explained. She added that even smaller countries like Slovakia want to be involved in setting the rules.assessment for this fund and the utilization of its resources, which means not being on the sidelines and not being left 'at the mercy' of larger countries. 'We want Slovakia to play a significant role in those initial debates about how the funds will be allocated, so that it has an equally strong voice as the others. So that our entrepreneurs do not receive only a small percentage and that consideration is given to the economic potential of each member state rather than just the population,' she described the situation. According to her, debates in the automotive industry are marked by the fact that large member states and 'automotive powers' like Slovakia are appealing to the European Commission to reconsider the decarbonization targets for the automotive industry and to allow the market itself to decide whether the focus should be on the production of electric cars or combustion engine vehicles. 'We realize that the production of electric cars is the future, but these targets must be made realistic in line with how individual car manufacturers can transition to electric vehicle production and whether they will have the resources to do.
She welcomed discussions on the so-called "omnibus," that is, the sixth package of measures aimed at simplifying rules and reducing bureaucracy in the single market, which could save European companies 8.6 billion euros annually. However, Saková pointed out calculations by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, according to which the proposed regulations at the EU level could increase the burden on businesses by 70 to 80 billion euros per year. According to her, this means that the European Commission must address this issue more constructively in order to ensure the competitiveness of the EU and, above all, to better adapt the use of EU funds for small and medium-sized enterprises.odkaz na stránku |
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