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  • Comment: In search of prosperity, the EU ditches the spaceship for the bus

    01 January 2025

    The Commission's new competitiveness drive demonstrates the inherent political challenge of long-term environmental regulations like the European Green Deal

  • EU elections and the uncertain future of the Green Deal

    12 June 2024

    Von der Leyen, set to return as Commission President, faces internal and external pressures to roll back environmental policies

  • EU balancing reporting reductions with green ambitions

    30 October 2023

    Concerns persist over costs and burdens of reporting for SMEs but civil society and trade unions warn of a lowering in ambition on the European Green Deal

  • Commission's ESRS adjustments fail to appease corporates

    12 July 2023

    Companies praise European Commission for trimming down the standards but hold reservations over the reporting burden, the timeframe and the materiality assessment