We are just entering a new EU five-year legislative mandate and with the new mandate comes new priorities. Recent blue-ribbon reports by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi placed great emphasis on the need to reduce the EU’s regulatory burden to improve productivity and these were largely taken onboard in Commission President von der Leyen’s mission letters to the new Commissioners. The process through which laws are enacted, enforced and reviewed has received far too little attention over the past several years and is long overdue for some serious re-thinking.
This contribution seeks to motivate policymakers on the need for serious reform. It does so by providing 12 practical recommendations that policymakers can take forward into the new mandate – and ensure that future EU laws are the best that they can possibly be.
This CEPS contribution is part of a special series ‘The EU’s path to 2030’, where each of our research units were invited to provide insights on key policy files, offering guidance and recommendations for policymakers throughout the course of the new mandate up until 2030 (and sometimes beyond). Find other contributions to this series here.
