Competitiveness : Greater politicisation of cases

Deadlock over certain cases at the expert group level - particularly in relation to the unitary patent - has demonstrated the need to take things to the next level. Therefore Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska, responsible for the internal market and industry, and the Luxembourg Presidency, have proposed evaluating within the Council everything that can have an impact on competitiveness, for example other cases managed by other Council formations or the macroeconomic situation, explains a diplomat. It is also anticipated that ministers…