The Single Market Emergency Instrument is supposed to prepare the EU’s internal market for crises. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to present the instrument during her State of the Union address on September 13. But the first details are already out in the open: According to an internal document, the Commission wants to be able to instruct member states to set aside „strategic reserves“ and specify the criteria according to which they should be allocated to the industry, in the event of a crisis. Markus Grabitz took a look at the paper and summarized the most important points.