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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13743
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NEWS BRIEFS / Better regulation

Two MEPs deconstruct discourse on bureaucratic monstrosity

31/10/2025 (Agence Europe) – As the Halloween festivities approach, two MEPs from The Left, Sweden’s Hanna Gedin and Denmark’s Per Clausen, have launched an initiative aimed at deconstructing the discourse—which now seems to be prevailing at the European level—that the bureaucratic monstrosity that certain EU rules are said to represent would be seriously detrimental to economic competitiveness. “With the bureaucracy that Brussels [has] long been famous for suddenly being...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU 2040 target - ahead of Extraordinary Council, Member States move closer to agreement
RESEARCH: European Court of Auditors approves 2024 accounts of EU Joint Undertakings but points to significant risks for ITER project
INDUSTRY: Henna Virkkunen in search of structural solutions for European semiconductor industry
DIGITAL: European Commission opens initial call for evidence to shape its legislation on quantum technologies
JUSTICE: EU concerned about growing pressure on judicial systems of countries of Western Balkans
ENVIRONMENT: quantity of electronic equipment placed on market increasing faster than collection of waste equipment in EU, according to Eurostat
FISHERIES: EU prohibits bottom trawls in Dogger Bank area
AGRICULTURE: Farm Europe calls on European Commission to propose a revised text for 2028-2034 financial framework
HEALTH: PFAS - eight EU health associations warn of lack of specific assessment for medicines
SECURITY - DEFENCE
Interview CSDP: Horn of Africa is a region of vital strategic importance to EU, says head of EUCAP Somalia mission, Kęstutis Lančinskas
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: European Parliament’s draft report refocuses digital euro on complementarity with existing cash and solutions
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: ECR group in European Parliament made same criticisms of national plans as pro-European groups in a letter to Commission
EXTERNAL ACTION
MALI: EU delegation continues its work with reduced staff numbers despite jihadist blockade of Bamako
Russian invasion of Ukraine
TRADE: European Commission to hold talks with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia regarding lifting their bans on Ukrainian imports
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Commission does not rule out launching infringement proceedings against Latvia if it withdraws from Istanbul Convention
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
DEMOCRACY: Secretary General of Council of Europe defines democratic security as “the first line of defence” and “heart of Europe’s new order”
NEWS BRIEFS
BAHRAIN: EU will continue its efforts to secure release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, promises Kajsa Ollongren
BANKS: European Commission renews group of experts charged with advising it on issue of non-performing loans
BETTER REGULATION: two MEPs deconstruct discourse on bureaucratic monstrosity
CSDP: EU “continues to be a reliable actor for peace, stability and freedom of navigation”, says Marie-Agnès Strack-Zimmermann
SYRIA: Kaja Kallas promises EU will continue to sanction those responsible for serious human rights violations