Single market is not single, and it’s costing us all

5 min read Draghi, European Commission, Gold-plating, IMF, von der Leyen, Territorial Supply Constraints, Analysis, Business, Czech Republic, Economy, EU, Hungary, Poland, Politics, Romania, Slovakia, V4 & Romania

The EU’s internal market is still falling short of its founding promise. Despite decades of integration, consumers across member states face uneven product quality and varied prices. This is due to regulatory fragmentation in two main forms: Territorial Supply Constraints and gold-plating. TSCs occur when suppliers block cross-border sourcing