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Thirteen EU member states are calling on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to put new legislation on hold for a year and focus instead on cutting red tape and simplifying rules already on the books.<\/p>\n
Austria is leading the initiative, backed by Germany, Poland, Denmark, Italy and eight other member states. The governments are calling for a year focused on implementing existing legislation, removing unnecessary regulation and reviewing rules that create administrative burdens without adding value.<\/p>\n
The proposal calls for a systematic \u201clegislative deep-cleaning\u201d across EU policy areas to determine which rules should remain, be updated, simplified or scrapped.<\/p>\n
Austria\u2019s Europe Minister Claudia Bauer described the proposal as a \u201cyear of simplification\u201d, arguing that the EU should concentrate on implementing and simplifying existing regulations rather than continually adding new ones.<\/p>\n
The 13 countries are Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia.<\/p>\n
The governments say reducing regulatory complexity is necessary to strengthen the EU\u2019s competitiveness, investment environment and ability to innovate, while maintaining existing health, safety and labour protections.<\/p>\n
The move comes as Brussels itself continues its drive to simplify EU legislation, with the Commission pursuing a series of \u201cOmnibus\u201d packages aimed at reducing regulatory and reporting burdens.<\/p>\n
Headline:<\/strong> 13 EU Countries Tell von der Leyen to Stop New Laws and Simplify Existing Rules<\/p>\n Meta description:<\/strong> Thirteen EU countries are urging Ursula von der Leyen to pause new legislation for a year and focus on cutting red tape and simplifying existing EU rules.<\/p>\n Focus keyphrase:<\/strong> EU countries call for simpler rules<\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/strong> Thirteen EU member states, led by Austria, are calling for a year focused on simplifying existing laws and limiting new regulatory burdens.<\/p>\n Slug:<\/strong> Tags:<\/strong> European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission, Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy, Denmark, EU laws, EU regulation, bureaucracy, European economy, competitiveness<\/p>\n13-eu-countries-von-der-leyen-simplify-rules<\/code><\/p>\n