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• Sept. 30, 2025Addressing Europe's competitiveness challenge
- Europe faces a competitiveness problem – but there are solutions.
- A simpler policy framework could help drive positive change.
- There is political will to rethink how things are done.
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Earlier this year, ExxonMobil and Financial Times Live hosted Tackling Europe’s Red Tape Challenge. The event brought key stakeholders together in Brussels. Topics ranged from competitiveness and regulatory change to the energy transition, and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
Panelists included ExxonMobil Europe President Philippe Ducom, Cristina Sofia Dias from the European Commission, and Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Member of the European Parliament. On the agenda was also a session with former Italian Prime Minister, and current President of the Jacques Delors Institute, Enrico Letta.
Watch the video below to see what they had to say.
Panelists at the Tackling Europe’s Red Tape Challenge event (3:08).
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