First Day in Court for the EU’s Defence Industrial Policy

CELIS Update on Investment Screening - November 2023

By Mats Cuvelier Introduction  On 18 September 2024, the General Court rendered its judgment in Case T-617/22, concerning French aicraft engine maker Safran’s request to annul a decision by which the European Commission rejected its bid to carry out a project under the European Defence Fund (EDF). It is the first time the Court has…

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How to Prevent the EU from Falling Behind?

CELIS Update on Investment Screening - November 2023

By Bruno Dupré, Political Advisor for the Indian Ocean, European External Action Service   Summary The future of Europe does not depend on what President Trump thinks or will do. Nobody knows and he is to a certain extent unpredictable. The future of Europe will depend on our capacity to take our destiny in our…

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The Stony Road to de-fragmentation of EU Foreign Direct Investment Control

CELIS Update on Investment Screening - November 2023

By Oliver Geiss   This blog was first published on the Squire Patton Boggs Trade Practitioner Blog   On 9 September, Mario Draghi published a report on ‘The Future of European Competitiveness’ highlighting the need for the EU to strengthen its Investment Screening Mechanism. The report was part of a broader effort to assess and…

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Can the “buy European” requirement counter the challenges of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base? A critical perspective on EDIS and EDIP

CELIS Update on Investment Screening - November 2023

By Grith Skovgaard Ølykke[1], Gregory Kegels, Caroline Buts and Cind Du Bois. This post has been prepared within the framework of the BEPIDS project (Belgian Economic Potential in the Industry of Defence and Security), a project funded largely through the ‘Belgian Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy’ (BELSPO) and partially by the Belgian ‘Royal Higher Institute…

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