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Comment: EU procurement regime is open to abuse under Council draft

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 09 Jun 2021 05:05
  • 09 Jun 2021 05:05
Amendments to the EU’s draft public-procurement regime, proposed by governments last week, open up several potential loopholes that appear to be the cost of moving the controversial file forward after a decade-long stalemate.

National governments last week agreed on their suggested amendments to the European Commission’s 2012 proposal, which aims t

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Joanna Sopinska

Senior Correspondent


Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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