Financing Europe: A New Era of Strategic Investment

Europe faces a pivotal moment. Against a backdrop of intensifying geopolitical headwinds, its fragmented regulatory framework struggles to keep pace with accelerating challenges. Recognising this urgency, the European Commission has set an ambitious agenda to deliver the green and digital transitions while securing strategic autonomy. This mandate prioritises enhancing competitiveness and boosting productivity across critical sectors, underpinning a renewed industrial strategy where security and resilience form the essential backbone. Crucially, financing these priorities requires the EU to confront the persistent investment gap that has constrained its potential for decades.

Financing Europe 2026 will convene leaders from European industry, global finance, and EU and Member State policymaking to examine the urgent choices ahead. Discussions will focus on how to supercharge the EU’s capacity to act, and how greater political ambition, regulatory reform, and supervisory convergence might shape Europe’s competitiveness and resilience in the years ahead.