Ribera to ‘step up’ help for EU’s joint state-aid projects

By Lewis Crofts ( October 12, 2026, 16:02 GMT | Insight) -- EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising technologies their commercial opportunity. The European Commission is working on such programs for AI and advanced semiconductors, and is eyeing a state-backed initiative related to quantum technologies.EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising technologies their commercial opportunity....

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