http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/640336d7bff5903b https://verfassungsblog.de/deregulating-better-regulation/ Deregulating Better Regulation - The Constitutional Stakes of the Commission's 2026 Reform Alemanno, Alberto eng 2026-04-29 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Deregulation EU Law EU Regulation Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The European Commission's Communication A Simpler, Clearer and Better Enforced EU Rulebook is the most structurally ambitious reform of EU policymaking since the launch of the Better Regulation agenda in 2002, extending its scope for the first time beyond the design of new initiatives to cover their review and enforcement. The Communication reveals a coherent but constitutionally problematic logic. The EU Commission’s procedural safeguards are relaxed upstream, existing EU law is systematically reviewed midstream, and EU law enforcement federalised downstream, all under the legitimising banner of Better Regulation.