Regulation Briefings
July 31, 2025
Published by EPICENTER on July 31, 2025
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The European Commission’s SME Relief Package is a response to the growing challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the EU, including excessive red tape, regulatory fragmentation, and weak cross-border scalability.
August 16, 2024
Published by IEA on August 16, 2024
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Recent calls from European Parliament groups for a dedicated EU Commissioner on Housing highlight the growing concern over housing challenges across Europe.
October 11, 2023
Published by CEPOS on October 11, 2023
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International literature consistently reveals that excessive regulation hampers economic growth. This CEPOS briefing conducted a thorough analysis of 68 studies investigating the link between regulation and growth, with most indicating a negative correlation, signifying that increased regulation impedes economic progress.
May 3, 2023
Published by IEM on May 3, 2023
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Until recently, the telecommunications market was held up as an EU success story, with Europeans emerging as the big winners. European consumers were indeed the great beneficiaries of competition, which went hand in hand with low prices.
December 7, 2022
Published by EPICENTER on December 7, 2022
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The briefing reviews the newly passed directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU and investigates its potential negative impacts on traditional collective bargaining agreements and low-income groups.
March 9, 2022
Published by EPICENTER on March 9, 2022
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The European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council continue negotiations on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a proposed regulation aimed at curtailing the anti-competitive behaviour of big digital players and creating a level playing field for everybody. Intentions notwithstanding, the DMA is not likely to harmonise the field and may hurt end users and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in addition to the big platforms themselves and ultimately hamper this dynamic and innovative market.
