EuroWire, LEFKOSIA: European Union institutions on Friday agreed a joint roadmap to deliver the “One Europe, One Market” agenda by the end of 2027, setting out deadlines for legislation and policy across the single market, trade, energy and digital sectors. The European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission said the plan is intended to turn a competitiveness drive launched by EU leaders in March into a timetable with measurable milestones, named priority files and regular progress reviews.
The roadmap was signed on the sidelines of the informal meeting of heads of state or government in Cyprus by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in his role as the rotating presidency of the Council, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. EU leaders had already decided in March to launch a “One Europe, One Market” agenda to be implemented in 2026 where possible and by the end of 2027 at the latest, giving the three institutions a formal mandate to move it forward.
Under the agreement, the roadmap becomes both a political and operational commitment for the EU institutions. The European Commission undertakes to table the legislative and policy initiatives listed in an annex, while the European Parliament and the Council commit to work toward swift agreement on the proposals through the annual interinstitutional legislative programming cycle. The text also calls for member states to step up implementation and enforcement, with quarterly reviews and regular stocktaking built into the process to keep delivery visible, measurable and aligned with institutional responsibilities.
EU roadmap sets five pillars and deadlines
The document groups the work into five building blocks: simplifying rules, creating a more integrated single market, championing strong trade, reducing energy prices while decarbonising, and driving digital and artificial intelligence transformation. It also says the single market track should include action to remove the 10 most harmful barriers to cross-border business inside the bloc. The institutions said the measures will be treated as high political priorities while respecting each institution’s legislative role, legal procedures and formal prerogatives in the policymaking process.
The annex sets target dates for a wide range of files. Measures due for agreement by the end of 2026 include EU Inc., the digital euro, the European Business Wallet, the EU Cybersecurity Act, the Industrial Accelerator Act and the Critical Raw Materials Centre. Other proposals run into 2027, including the Public Procurement Act, European Products Act, European Research Area Act, Digital Networks Act, Cloud and AI Development Act, Chips Act 2 and the Quantum Act, along with planned work on banking rules, taxation and energy products.
Trade and energy measures
On trade, the roadmap lists work on agreements with Mexico, Mercosur, Switzerland, Indonesia, India and Australia on a rolling basis, while talks with Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates are scheduled to continue through 2026 and 2027. It also sets targets for a proposal on supply chain dependencies and for a revised foreign direct investment screening regulation. In energy, the plan includes the European Grids package, energy security measures and follow-up work on network charges, taxation and emissions trading.
The institutions said the annex can be updated as needed during quarterly reviews aimed at identifying obstacles, coordinating action and tracking delivery across the five pillars. The roadmap also says the review process will cover the social dimension of the single market as implementation advances. By turning the March political mandate into a published timetable, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council have set a common end-2027 deadline for this phase of the bloc’s single-market agenda.