'It can’t be yesterday's innovation' – impact voices weigh in on EU’s new scaleup plan

MEP Pascal Canfin, Renew Europe, Jana Bour, Impact Europe, Malo Bourel-Weeger, Mouvement Impact France and Servane Metzger-Corrigou, Ring Capital.
21 maj 2025
12:15
The new EU-wide startup and scaleup framework – dubbed the '28th regime' – promises to simplify life for scaling ventures across Europe.

So what does it mean for the impact community in Europe? Impact Loop spoke to the experts to unpack:

→ What’s actually in the strategy
→ Where the political roadblocks lie
→ Why 'innovation' may need a rethink

In early January 2025 European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen established a parliamentary working group for startups and scaleups, hoping to lay the ‘right framework conditions’ for European innovation. Among the group’s goals is the establishment of a ‘28th regime’ for innovative startups, launched last week.

A harmonised innovation framework

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