Business ministers from 17 EU nations have urged the European Commission and Parliament to speed up reforms to the single market, as they meet for the Competitiveness Council in Luxembourg.

The countries – including the UK and Italy but not France or Germany – signed a letter demanding the deepening of the single market and the cutting of red tape...The countries are Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, UK...Read more.