Strong criticism of SMEI emergency instr • Table.Briefings

The emergency instrument (SMEI) enables the Commission to profound interventions in the single market in the event of a crisis. Member states could be prevented from doing border closures solitarily, and companies could be forced to manufacture strategically important products. Resistance against this is stirring.

Wolfgang Niedermark, a BDI’s Executive Board member, sees disproportionately profound intervention in the economy: „The EU Commission is shooting far beyond the announced goal of ensuring a functioning single market in times of crisis.“ The crisis measures have „strong interventionist and planned economy features,“ he said.

Strong criticism of SMEI emergency instrument

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