25 November 2025
The Omnibus Comeback of the Neoliberal EU
On 13 November 2025, the EPP, home to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, sided with the far right in the European Parliament to push through amendments slashing corporate sustainability regulation. At the centre of this political drama is the so-called Omnibus I Directive, which seeks to “simplify” green reporting rules for businesses under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. However, this simplification exercise has proceeded along shaky assumptions, a questionable technique and an indefensible constitutional basis. I argue that it marks a triumphant comeback for a resilient neoliberal EU. Continue reading >>
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20 March 2025
Simplification Promised, Uncertainty Delivered
The EU’s Green Deal had an ambitious goal: to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent. Now, the Commission shifted its focus to instruments like the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ and prioritizes the EU’s competitiveness: It proposes to drastically cut back core Green Deal instruments in the so-called ‘Omnibus Packages’. This blog post will concentrate on the changes proposed in the field of sustainability reporting in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and show why the Omnibus Packages now impose substantial uncertainty on companies. Continue reading >>
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