“The European Commission announces the termination at the end of 2023 of the simplified rules for providing state assistance to businesses ... The European Commission calls on the EU countries to stabilize their budgets in 2023,” TASS quotes him.
It is clarified that this decision provides for a return to strict rules for the provision of state subsidies to European companies.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said earlier that EU countries intend to spend an additional €70 billion on defense over the next two years.
At the same time, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said that the EU defense industry should move to a wartime economy model.