On Thursday 5 February, more than 50 academics from across the EU and also third countries, led by Alberto Alemanno, Professor at HEC Paris, criticised the Commission’s plan to revise the ‘Better Regulation’ framework (see EUROPE B13781A21), arguing that the guidelines envisaged by the Commission “breach EU democratic safeguards and would allow the Commission to sidestep traditional impact assessments and public consultations”.
Such a change “would render EU lawmaking less...