By Lewis Crofts ( May 28, 2026, 15:27 GMT | Insight) -- EU countries including Germany, Belgium, Spain and Poland are pushing for an overhaul of state-aid rules they say are unintentionally blocking support for start-ups, tech firms and social enterprises. At a ministerial meeting on Thursday, they requested changes to the definition of "companies in difficulty" to ease the administrative burden on supporting small tech companies. The European Commission said it would give more detail on how it viewed "equity" to update its definition.EU countries including Germany, Belgium, Spain and Poland are pushing for an overhaul of state-aid rules they say are unintentionally blocking support for start-ups, tech firms and social enterprises....
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