EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Commission introduces Compass for Competitiveness; blueprint leverages Draghi report / Resin makers criticise pace as too slow

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

International competitiveness still deficient / Cefic sees need for “bold action”

EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Cheap polymer imports threaten circular economy ambitions / Share of global plastics production continues to slide – Plastics Europe report

EUROPEAN POLITICS

New EU commissioners named for five-year mandate / Anticipation over merging of green and industrial deals

EU POLICY

Chemicals and plastics producers hail Draghi report / EU should increase investments by EUR 800 bn “to fund radical and rapid reform”

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

EPDM: Versalis declares force majeure for production at Italian site after storms

YEAR IN REVIEW 2021

An eventful year in a nutshell / Plastics industry faces turning point in 2022

ITALY

Plastics tax postponed once again / Date reset to January 2023 / Political groups leverage industry arguments