Commission proposes a Single Market Emergency Instrument
On 19 September 2022 the Commission proposed SMEI, later recast as the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Industrial-Policy Activism.
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On 19 September 2022 the Commission proposed SMEI, later recast as the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act. Breton’s internal-market shop owned the file. A proposal is not a standing requisition power already used.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Thierry Breton
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.5 · verified
His services drafted. Co-legislators later wrote IMERA. Firms still warned about stockpile duties.
What changed
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- FactCommission proposes a Single Market Emergency Instrument
- strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 19 September 2022 · verified
Emergency single-market powers increase directed industrial intervention, with a rights-and-property caveat.
Evidence
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- 1.Reuters — EU single-market emergency toolReuters · High credibility · verified
- 2.COM(2022) 459 — Single Market Emergency InstrumentEUR-Lex · High credibility · verified
Causal path
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- ActorThierry Breton
- contributed toFactCommission proposes a Single Market Emergency Instrument
- strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism
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Factrail. (2026). Commission proposes a Single Market Emergency Instrument. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-smei-2022
https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-smei-2022
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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