Commission 2024 Work Programme lacks the required ambition to improve EU regulatory framework

The Commission’s work programme underscores the importance of trimming regulatory burdens and simplifying reporting obligations for businesses to help reverse the erosion of Europe’s global competitiveness. We welcome the recognition that Europe has a problem. Orgalim has consistently highlighted the damage to our industries’ competitiveness caused by the wave of disproportionate and often badly designed regulation adopted in the past years. Addressing this is at the heart of our priorities for the next legislative cycle. 

While the initiative announced in the Commission’s 2024 work programme is a first step in the right direction, a far more ambitious approach to removing intrusive, unclear and contradictory regulation is needed if the EU is serious about easing the regulatory burden for its businesses. 

"Our sectors alone sell goods and services worth some 3 trillion euros each year, and their profit margins are evaporating. The few billion euros of savings for European industry announced today will hardly move the needle", said Malte Lohan, Director General, Orgalim - Europe's Technology Industries.

Europe’s technology industries remain committed to working with EU policymakers to lead the clean tech revolution and build a resilient, competitive and decarbonised European industrial base.