We do not paraphrase EU sources without linking them. The categories below cover everything we cite, in the order a careful reader would walk them: legal text first, institutional positions second, trade press last. For a plain-English explainer of EU Inc., see What is EU Inc.; for the live status of the file, see Timeline.
Legal text
The Commission proposal itself, plus the formal documents that accompany it.
- COM/2026/321, Commission proposal. The regulation as proposed, 18 March 2026. The reference text for every claim about what is in the regulation.
- SWD/2026/321, Impact assessment. The Commission's economic and legal analysis underpinning the proposal.
- SWD/2026/322, Executive summary of the impact assessment.
- EUR-Lex. Search portal for every official EU document. The canonical location for finalised texts.
Council of the EU
Where member states negotiate. The working parties produce the technical drafts; ministers in the Competitiveness Council adopt the political position.
- Working Party on Company Law. Council preparatory body responsible for drafting the Council position on EU Inc.
- Competitiveness Council (COMPET). The minister-level configuration that will adopt the Council general approach.
- European Council, 19–20 March 2026. Conclusions endorsing the 28th regime as a 2026 priority.
- Council public register. Where Council compromise texts and working-party documents are published when they are not classified.
European Parliament
The other half of the co-legislator pair. Parliament's JURI committee leads on EU Inc.; FISC has held a tax-perspective hearing.
- Legislative Train: EU Inc. file. Parliament's running tracker for the file. The single most-useful page on the open web for status questions.
- TA/10/2026/01/20, Parliament recommendations, 20 January 2026. Procedure 2025/2211(INI), Parliament's pre-proposal recommendations.
- JURI committee. The Legal Affairs committee, lead committee for EU Inc.
- FISC subcommittee. The Tax Matters subcommittee, which held the February 2026 hearing on whether EU Inc. needs a tax layer.
- Plenary calendar. When Parliament can vote on its position on the file.
European Commission
Press releases, factsheets, and policy papers on the file.
- Competitiveness Compass, January 2025. The Commission's policy framing that named the 28th regime a priority.
- Commission press corner. Where every Commission press release on the file appears, including IP/26/614 announcing COM/2026/321.
- Commission priorities 2024–2029. The political mandate under which EU Inc. sits.
Background reports referenced in the proposal
The two reports that built the political case for a unified European company form. Both are cited directly in the Commission impact assessment.
- Letta report on the future of the single market, April 2024. Available via the Council of the EU.
- Draghi report on EU competitiveness, September 2024. Available via the European Commission.
Trade press
Used only for context, never as a primary source for legal claims. We link them so readers can see what mainstream coverage has said and where it diverges from the underlying text.
- Tech.eu. Brussels-aware European tech reporting.
- Politico Europe, Financial Services. Reliable for trilogue process reporting.
- Euractiv. EU policy coverage with a Brussels-insider tilt.
How we use these sources
For every numerical or factual claim about EU Inc., we cite either COM/2026/321 (for what is in the proposal) or the relevant Council/Parliament document (for what is being negotiated). For statements about the political target, we cite the European Council conclusions or the Commission press corner. Trade press appears only when we want to show readers what mainstream coverage said about a particular event, never as the basis for a factual claim about the regulation.
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