Newly-announced Omnibus proposal strips the EU’s corporate accountability laws of its essence

Newly-announced Omnibus proposal strips the EU’s corporate accountability laws of its essence

The European Commission announced on 26 February 2025 its Omnibus package, a sweeping deregulation initiative targeting the Corporate (…)

The “deregulation for the rich” agenda

The Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package backtrack on progress made in recent years and favours big business over workers and climate.  These measures are the European Commission’s first steps towards a “simplification of rules” requested by EPP in the European Parliament. However, this simplification will only make life easier for the wealthiest, at the expense of the most vulnerable. Once again, it highlights the Commission’s priorities, …

Omnibus a trojan horse for aggressive deregulation, say NGOs

Brussels, 26 February 2025 – Just four months after vital rules to protect people and the planet were agreed by the EU, the Commission has launched a two-part Omnibus Simplification Package, in the name of competitiveness, that simultaneously undermines these rules and overrides the democratic process from which they arose. Since the Commission announced its intention to propose an Omnibus Package that would “streamline” legislation and enhance …

Read a quick summary generated by IA × Summary of the news: DIRECTE, the Spanish Association of Sustainability Directors, has issued a critical position against the European Commission's omnibus proposal, which seeks to simplify key regulations such as the CSRD, CSDDDD and the Taxonomy Regulation. The Association warns about the risk of creating legal uncertainty by amending recently approved directives. In its position, DIRECTE defends sustaina…