{"id":8197,"date":"2026-04-28T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/8197\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:42:00","slug":"eu-commission-blame-berlin-and-paris-for-red-tape-not-us-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/8197\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commission: Blame\u00a0Berlin and Paris for\u00a0red tape, not us\u00a0 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the start of Ursula von der Leyen\u2019s second mandate as Commission president, the EU executive has put forward 10 so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/law\/law-making-process\/better-regulation\/simplification-and-implementation\/simplification_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">omnibus<\/a> proposals that reopen existing laws to get rid of anything deemed overly burdensome.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are determined to bring about change so that in Europe and in the member states we can more quickly and effectively create an environment where companies can grow and develop the global competitiveness they need,&#8221; von der Leyen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/von-der-leyen-plays-down-deregulation-clash-german-conservatives-eu-berlin-merz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> during a meeting with leading conservative politicians in Berlin on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>So far, EU decision-makers have agreed to reduce environmental disclosure obligations for companies, make it easier for small-scale farms to access EU money, and delay new requirements forcing companies to track and disclose where they source their raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>More omnibus proposals are expected later this year, including on energy and taxation.<\/p>\n<p>But the Commission also wants to rethink the lawmaking process itself, including by reducing the length of impact assessments and public consultation periods.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The plan to speed up lawmaking has alarmed civil society groups, trade unions, academics, businesses and citizens, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/brussels-accused-undermining-democracy-plans-relax-lawmaking-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warn<\/a> it could make EU decision-making more opaque and weaken scrutiny of the economic, social and environmental impact of new laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the start of Ursula von der Leyen\u2019s second mandate as Commission president, the EU executive has put&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8096,18,8097,89,8098,1379,7629,1646,446,1442,8099,7340,8100,689,616,548,8101,8102,4733,8103,8104,624,4734,8105,692,2892,629,481,1019,2378,8106],"class_list":{"0":"post-8197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-banking","9":"tag-berlin","10":"tag-better-regulation","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-christian-doleschal","13":"tag-companies","14":"tag-competitiveness","15":"tag-energy","16":"tag-energy-prices","17":"tag-environment","18":"tag-farms","19":"tag-financial-services","20":"tag-food-safety","21":"tag-growth","22":"tag-industry","23":"tag-markets","24":"tag-meps","25":"tag-ngos","26":"tag-omnibus","27":"tag-pesticides","28":"tag-pollution","29":"tag-raw-materials","30":"tag-regulation","31":"tag-regulatory","32":"tag-rights","33":"tag-services","34":"tag-trade","35":"tag-united-states","36":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","37":"tag-valdis-dombrovskis","38":"tag-waste"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}