Paris, Berlin urge EU Tech Deal, ‘forceful reforms’ by next EU Commission – Euractiv

Ahead of June’s EU elections and a new European Commission, France and Germany are looking to set the agenda with a joint paper calling for the adoption of a European Tech Deal and forceful reforms to slash red tape. 

Europe’s economic competitiveness is a key talking point in Brussels and national capitals. Now, the bloc’s two largest economies have adopted a joint paper setting out how the next European Commission should reignite the bloc’s growth prospects.

The report put forward by France’s Bruno Le Maire and German…