29 April 2026
Deregulating Better Regulation
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. Continue reading >>
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18 February 2025
The De-Regulatory Turn of the EU Commission
The current events in the US, especially the takeover of executive branches by the non-elected private citizen Elon Musk, left legal scholars and other constitutional experts in a state of shocked disbelief. From a European perspective, many consider such a development unthinkable. However, we should not be too certain about that. The current decision of the EU Commission to carry out a “de-regulatory turn” illustrates how strongly a technical innovation narrative – one that has contributed to the success of individuals like Musk and their corporate conglomerates – is catching on globally. Continue reading >>
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