On Tuesday 25 October, the European Commission adopted its working programme, which lays out the key initiatives it intends to carry out by the end of 2017.
The working programme, which focuses on the major issues, lists 21 key initiatives and 18 new REFIT proposals to improve the quality of the existing EU legislation.
This year, the Commission has withdrawn 19 pending legislative proposals that are now outdated and cancelled 16 obsolete legislative acts. Additionally, it will step up its...