Numeum, France’s leading digital industry association, and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP), Poland’s leading national business organisation, announce their intention to deepen cooperation between the French and Polish digital ecosystems. 

On 11 June 2026, the “Europe-Poland-Ukraine: Cooperate Together’26” conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Kyiv. The event brought together representatives of public administration, business, and organizations from Poland and Ukraine, providing a platform for discussions on Ukraine’s European integration, economic cooperation, and the country’s post-war reconstruction.

Warsaw, 29 April 2026 ZPP Position on the Industrial Accelerator Act Proposal The European Union is facing a steady decline in its industrial and manufacturing sectors, which in the context of growing geopolitical instability both weakens the EU’s competitiveness on the global market and opens up risks of value chain disruptions and critical dependencies. To […]

The proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) represents a central instrument for strengthening the European Union’s economic resilience, technological leadership, and strategic autonomy in the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework. Given the breadth of sectors covered…

The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, representing over 21,000 member companies operating in Poland and the region, the vast majority of which are small and medium-sized enterprises, welcomes the direction of work on the Digital Omnibus package. Simplifying European digital regulations, increasing their consistency and reducing excessive regulatory burdens are necessary and justified objectives from the perspective of the European Union’s competitiveness.

First introduced in the January 2025 Competitiveness Compass, the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA, originally Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act) is intended to counteract the decline of Europe’s manufacturing sector. To this end, the IAA promises to expedite permit granting processes for manufacturing projects, introduce preferential treatment mechanisms for European-made and low-carbon products, and facilitate Single Market access, with the goal of reducing the risks of strategic dependencies, creating new jobs in the sector, and overall ensuring that manufacturing reaches a value of 20% of the GDP of the EU by 2035.