EU Policies & Issues

Over the past two and a half years, European Policy Solutions has worked extensively on these zero emission forms of energy and transport. We will continue to do so.

This is a major policy area for the EU and is at the heart of their strategy to create jobs and growth. The EU has encourage Member States to spend three per cent of their GDP on Research, Development and Innovation by 2020 – 1% public funding and 2% private sector funding.

The seas and ports of the European Union are vital to the economic well-being of the EU and its Member States. However, there are growing pressures on the maritime environment due to broad number of activities in the seas and oceans.

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Transport is essential to the economic growth of the European Union but emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a major problem and DG Move is developing mobility strategies that will lead to the greater use of low carbon fuels.

The EU Structural and Investment Funds have been a major source of grant and loan finance for local and regional authorities across the Europe for economic development and training projects. They could face a major upheaval post 2020.

The United Kingdom Government has announced that the UK will leave the European Union by the end of March 2019. This will lead to major challenges not only for the United Kingdom but also the European Union.