Sorry for the missing episode: I've been busy with consulting assignments! We're back:

The first document is the European Commission's 2025 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report, assessing the EU's economic competitiveness. It highlights weaknesses like high energy prices, lagging productivity, and insufficient innovation, alongside strengths such as a large single market. The report uses key performance indicators to track progress and proposes solutions. The second document is a staff working paper accompanying the report, focusing on the European Monitor of Industrial Ecosystems (EMI). The EMI examines the green and digital transitions across twelve industrial ecosystems, analyzing industry efforts, framework conditions, and impacts on the environment and productivity. Both sources aim to inform policy and improve the EU’s economic performance.