In a joint statement on Tuesday 9 September, on the eve of the State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, 470 organisations denounced what they called a deregulation campaign by the institution.
These organisations are critical of the fact that, since taking office nine months ago, the ‘Von der Leyen II’ Commission has embarked on “an unprecedented wave of drastic cuts to regulations that protect labour and social rights, human...