1456 New Legislative Acts From Brussels: Study Certifies Eu Failure to Cut Red Tape

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For the past year, EU Commissioner von der Leyen announces a "unexampleless" reduction of rules. Brussels seems to fail miserably on this self-claim: a study does not attest to the EU as many regulatory acts as it has been for 15 years.

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Twelve months ago, the President of the European Commission promised a "exemplary" reduction of bureaucracy. In fact, there were even more new legislation under Ursula von der Leyen in 2025 than in the previous years.

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"Miscellaneous of red tape reduction": According to the Verband Gesamtmetall 2025, the European Commission has not launched as many new legal acts as it has been for 15 years.

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The European Commission introduced more legislation in 2025 than at any time since 2010. This was reported by "Welt am Sonntag," citing figures from the German employers' association Gesamtmetall. According to the report, the Commission, under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), proposed 1,456 legal acts. These include 21 directives, 102 regulations, 137 delegated acts, and 1,196 implementing acts. Von der Leyen had announced…