At a plenary debate with the European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen, the European Alliance coordinator on the ECON committee and Rapporteur on StartUp – ScaleUp initiative Mr Tadeusz Truskolaski highlighted the role for cities and local authorities in promoting StartUp and ScaleUp business. He also highlighted the need for funding to be accessible, innovative and flexible for new business start-ups. Mr Truskolaski also insisted with Commissioner Katainen that there need to be common EU rules on insolvency and that the situation where every Member State and region has a different system is unsustainable.