SPB I The stony road to de-fragmentation of EU Foreign Direct Investment Control (FDI)

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 finds that “[t]his fragmentation prevents the EU from leveraging its collective power in FDI negotiations and complicates the formulation of a common FDI policy.” Indeed, EU foreign direct investment screening focuses on individual investments at the national level. But are European Governments ripe to shift competencies and “de-fragmentize”? Read more. Compliments Squire Patton Boggs