European Economic and Social Committee backs mandatory "competitiveness check" for EU policies and regulations | European Economic and Social Committee

European Economic and Social Committee backs mandatory "competitiveness check" for EU policies and regulations | European Economic and Social Committee

 

The competitiveness check should apply to any EU policy and law-making process, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) argues in a new opinion, where it also makes the case for an EU "competitiveness agenda".

 

In the report, adopted at the December plenary, the EESC argues that the impact of EU policies and regulations on the competitiveness of EU businesses needs to be assessed much more comprehensively and systematically than is currently the case. (...)