EU to Hold Informal Competitiveness Summit in February, Council President Costa Says

The signal here is procedural rather than substantive: an informal summit is a low-commitment format, and the absence of a date or venue suggests the agenda is still being shaped. Competitiveness has become the EU's umbrella term for industrial policy, energy costs and single-market reform, so what gets folded into that frame matters more than the meeting itself. Whether the February session produces concrete proposals or remains a stock-taking exercise is the open question.