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.
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September 30, 2025
A year after the release of the Draghi Report, little progress has been made in implementing the reforms that were mapped as urgent. The current political rhetoric of the Commission calling for Europe to wake up and calling for urgency in implementing reforms, is inconsistent with the pace of action.
September 23, 2025
As the EU prepares to fully implement its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in January 2026, concerns are mounting that this flagship climate policy could backfire, increasing costs for European businesses and consumers while sparking international trade disputes.
July 31, 2025
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.
April 17, 2025
EU policymakers have noted that growing the region’s economy while maintaining its bureaucratic red tape is like trying to run a marathon in iron shoes.
January 28, 2025
Reviving Europe’s Competitive Edge analyses the European Union’s declining influence in the global economy and recommends concrete steps for the Commission on how to regain our economic competitiveness.