February 3, 2026
This paper examines persistent shortcomings in the European Union’s Better Regulation Framework and argues that formal procedural compliance has not translated into high-quality regulatory outcomes.
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January 20, 2026
In Dnevik, IME showcased a new manifesto called ‘Deregulation, not Simplification’ which focuses on measurable, tangible steps to reduce bureaucracy at both national and European level, while promoting competitiveness and dynamic market systems. By embracing market-oriented reforms, digital innovation and smarter regulation, governments can unlock Europe's full economic potential.
January 7, 2026
EU climate policy has expanded into a complex system of overlapping instruments, sector-specific targets, and national obligations that raise costs without delivering additional emissions reductions.
December 10, 2025
Carlo Stagnaro of Istituto Bruno Leoni argues in Il Foglio that while EU digital regulations often burden innovation, abolishing the Union would worsen fragmentation and reduce freedoms. Evidence shows EU membership safeguards expression better than in illiberal states like Hungary, with many tech restrictions stemming from national governments, not Brussels. Historically, integration has boosted growth through liberalisation and competition – making Musk’s call to dismantle the EU counterproductive.
December 10, 2025
This paper examines the European Commission’s proposal for an optional “28th Regime”, a single, EU-wide corporate framework intended to reduce regulatory fragmentation and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness.
December 9, 2025
A new EPICENTER project shows that the quality of EU legislation is sharply declining: directives are increasingly verbose and syntactically complex, with sentences averaging nearly 39 words – well beyond plain-language recommendations. This growing obscurity, worsened by European Parliament amendments, drives up compliance costs, creates legal uncertainty and acts as a hidden tax on innovation. Clearer law-making, the analysis concludes, is vital for European growth.
November 26, 2025
KEFiM – an EPICENTER member think tank – analysed 190 Greek laws and 61 EU directives from 2022–2024, finding Greek legislation far bulkier: average 54 articles over 60 pages versus 49 articles and 25 pages for EU directives. Consultations are rushed at 16 days (EU: 84 days), while only 10% of Greek impact assessments quantify effects (EU: 65%). In 2025, Greece enacted 85 laws totalling 5,217 pages, with 71% including unrelated provisions, exacerbating complexity, implementation issues and transparency gaps.
November 26, 2025
This paper evaluates the World Health Organisation’s recommended alcohol control “best buys” using evidence from 28 countries in the 2025 Nanny State Index.
November 25, 2025
Greek laws are longer, consultations shorter, and impact assessments almost never quantified, according to KEFiM's new study. The findings mirror EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which examined 2022-2024 EU directives and found that excessive complexity, missing economic analyses in impact assessments, and poor implementation practices explain persistent delays and compliance deficits across member states.
