Economic development: EU Commission presents plans to reduce bureaucracy

The European Commission is presenting its plans for a new economic growth path in the EU today. According to drafts, it wants to present a package of measures with the so-called Clean Industrial Deal (CID), which covers a range of areas from critical raw materials to international cooperation. This includes an action plan for lower energy prices.

In addition, some of the measures adopted only last year Laws are to be simplified, including the European Supply Chain Act . This is also to be postponed by two years. The Commission is encountering skepticism on this point in particular among the Greens and Social Democrats. If the proposal "actually comes to fruition as feared, then the Supply Chain Act will become a toothless paper tiger," wrote the chairman of the SPD members of the European Parliament , René Repasi.

Green MEP Anna Cavazzini said the simplification proposals were "rushed through". There is no reasonable estimate of what concrete consequences they will have. There is a risk that the project will be gutted if the leaked proposals are implemented.

Numerous companies could also be exempted from sustainability reporting obligations and from a tax on CO₂ emissions from imports.

The Commission also wants climate-friendly technologies to be increasingly produced in the EU. According to the drafts, state aid will be made easier to finance the measures and an EU financing program will be increased by 2.5 billion euros.

The Commission is sticking to its climate goals: the EU is to become climate neutral by 2050, and a 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gases is planned by 2040. The proposals are aimed at the EU states, among others, and some of them still have to be negotiated with the European Parliament.