Brussels plans sweeping cuts to EU’s green rules, leaked bill reveals

by | Feb 23, 2025 | Breaches, Carbon Border Tax, Climate change, Companies, Competition and Industrial Policy, Defense, due diligence, Dumping/Duties, Energy and Climate, environment, financial services, human rights, investment, Liability regime, new commission, NGOs, omnibus, policy, Rights, Supply chains, Sustainability, tax, Taxonomy, trade

BRUSSELS — The European Commission will propose deep cuts to the European Union’s environmental reporting rule book in its bid to slash red tape and boost the bloc’s struggling economy, according to a section of a draft of the upcoming omnibus legislation obtained by...

UK government rushed through vetting for top investment minister

by | Feb 19, 2025 | courts, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Data Protection, due diligence, Financial Services UK, Intelligence services, investment, Politics, services, Technology, Technology UK, trade, Trade UK

LONDON — The British government gave watchdogs fewer than two days to vet the country’s new investment minister – despite a complicated legal past that saw dozens of mentions of her name in two of the most complex fraud cases in U.K. and U.S. legal history.  Former...

Where’s the Competitiveness Compass pointing?

by | Jan 30, 2025 | Agriculture and Food, artificial intelligence, Better Regulation, Capital markets union, cars, Companies, Competition and Industrial Policy, competitiveness, Cybersecurity and Data Protection, Defense, due diligence, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy and Climate, Energy prices, European Green Deal, growth, health care, industry, infrastructure, Innovation, investment, Mobility, policy, Politics, protectionism, Public procurement, regulation, startups, Sustainability, Technology, trade

The European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass plots a course — or a “growth strategy,” according to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — for policymakers to follow over the next five years It’s a dense 27-page document crammed with recommendations to get...