29/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 28 May, the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) published a lengthy report on the 'One in, one out' principle promoted by the European Commission, which involves replacing any new cost linked to a legislative initiative with the removal of an existing cost. Éric Van den Abeele, the author of the report and an associate researcher at the ETUI, takes a critical look at this highly symbolic approach, which, in his opinion, is a “martingale” to reduce costs that are considered “unnecessary” in the acquis communautaire. The author argues that we need to break with the “deadly” logic of cost-cutting at “any price”, but should instead be tackling “the real blocking factors”, such as the lack of integration across a range of policies (tax, social and environment policies, etc.) and regulatory competition between Member States in a large number of policy areas. To read the report, go to: https://bit.ly/2M9qbCK (PH)