5 choices for a way the courageous new startup plan of the EU might improve the technical ecosystem

The European Commission has presented ambitious plans to cut bureaucracy and scale the EU into a more attractive place for technology companies.

The EU launch and scale -up strategy introduced today is carried out as a Bloc strategy to attract and keep Tech -Startups in the middle of violent competition from the USA and Asia.

According to the new initiative, the EU has created a five-point plan to close the gap with its competitors. It is also in discussions to use a public-private fund of at least € 10 billion as part of the new strategy. Reuters Reports.

Here is the divil stable:

1. Make the rules less painful

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European startups regularly Express frustrations This EU regulation holds it back.

To make this easier, the EU would like to create a “28th regime” – essentially a simplified legal framework for companies in order to work under a number of rules in the 27 Member States. It should reduce headaches in terms of taxes, employment rules or bankruptcy.

There is also a new digital ID, the European Business Wallet, which is planned for rollout in the fourth quarter of this year. The ID should make it easier and faster to deal with public administrations by providing a digital identity and data exchange system that reduces the paperwork and manual review. For example, a startup that used the wallet could share checked login information immediately with a government agency and possibly skip paper stuff.

In addition, the upcoming European Innovation Act, which is scheduled to come into force in 2026, will offer start -ups more “regulatory sand boxes”, in which you can safely test new ideas without stumbling through outdated rules.

2. Close the financing gap

In 2024 Startups US -Startups raised $ 178 billion, more than three times the 51 billion USD figure For European companies according to Crunchbase.

The EU proposes three measures to close the gap.

The first is the savings and investment union, which is intended to transfer more budget savings and private capital to European companies. The aim is through mechanisms such as the reduction of transaction costs cross -border investments in order to attract more external capital and to simplify bankruptcy laws in order to ensure greater confidence in the support of a startup that may go into the stomach.

Second, it is planned to “expand and simplify” the European Innovation Council, the EU body, the start -ups access to the funds and coaching that you need to scale.

Thirdly, it should develop an innovation investment pact, a voluntary initiative that is intended to provide great institutional investors to support EU funds, risk capital companies and scaleups. This aims to do this by reducing the complexity, the costs and risks of the investment in smaller funds and companies. This makes it easier for the big fish to finance the little boys.

Taken together, the idea is to make it easier for European startups to grow abroad without moving.

3 .. Ideas help to leave the laboratory

While Europe is known for first -class research, this does not always lead to first -class companies.

The EU would like to change this with an initiative “Labor to Unicorn” that connects startups with universities across Europe. The idea is to make it easier – and fairer – to transform academic research into spinouts. It includes guidelines for licensing intellectual property, to pass on income or equity as well as for marketing the latest research.

4. Tighten by first -class talent

The attitude of specialists – especially at limits – is often a great obstacle to European startups.

The EU's “blue carpet” plans to optimize the attitude of international talents. The initiative focuses on entrepreneurial education, better stock options for employees and cross -border employment. The block also pushes to a Blue Card guideline that encourages Member States to snap visas for non-EU founders. If it works, startups may be easier to build international teams, keep top talents and change themselves.

5. Open critical infrastructure

After all, the EU wants to make it easier for start-ups to access high-end research laboratories and technical infrastructures-a kind of facilities that are usually reserved for large players. A new charta from Access should standardize and simplify this process, so that startups use these resources more easily and can bring products to the market more quickly.

Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, said that the five-point plan would “remove” the obstacles to hold back the region's entrepreneurs.

“The strategy will enable us to transform Europe's abundance of creativity, research and ambitions into flourishing new companies, high -quality jobs and effects on the real world,” she said.

The plan signals a clear intention to increase Europe's startup landscape. But if the global rivals move quickly, a lot depends on how quickly and determined the EU is putting ambition into practice.

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