The term ‘deregulation’ is increasingly accepted in debates between co-legislators across the European Union. At the ‘Competitiveness’ Council on Monday 8 December, many EU industry and internal market ministers called for massive simplification measures. In their view, the various ‘omnibus’ simplification packages proposed by the Commission in recent months do not go far enough.
A real “change of mindset” is needed, according to the Polish Finance Minister, Andrzej...