A draft position paper from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag calls on the European Commission to set higher ambitions for reducing bureaucracy. It proposes that the Commission’s financial contributions from Member States be tied to measurable progress in deregulation and streamlining of red tape, according to “Politico”.
The paper was prepared under the leadership of the CDU/CSU digital and state‑modernisation working group, with support from the economy and energy working group, and is currently being discussed with other groups. It criticises the current omnibus packages as inadequate in scope and speed and suggests the creation of a “central EU‑level body” that would oversee the Commission’s legislative proposals, set targets, and possess a fundamental veto right over any new law the Commission drafts.
It also recommends that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen routinely report on “cost cutting and simplification” to the European Council. The allocation of EU financial resources to the Commission would then be conditioned on achieving these objectives.
Further measures include the introduction of a “one‑in, two‑out” principle for new EU legislation-ensuring that for every new law adopted, two old or redundant laws would be repealed-and the use of sunset clauses to make new laws temporary unless renewed. These provisions would cause new EU laws to expire automatically after a set period unless explicitly extended.
