EU: NGOs vigilant on "the risk of deregulation" induced in Commission's simplification measures

"The EU has promised to simplify laws and cut paperwork for businesses. While simplification sounds great, it can come at a dramatic cost. Simplification can be used as a disguise to dilute or dismantle key parts of a law, weakening important protections for the environment, public health, and social rights.

For businesses, too, frequent, hasty, or unclear changes can create uncertainty, making long-term planning harder. Concerns are mounting. More and more stakeholders and policy-makers warn that the process often lacks public consultation, transparency, proper and agreed procedures, and solid scientific evidence. Beyond the serious environmental impacts, there’s another big worry: that this approach undermines the rule of law and erodes trust in democratic decision-making", declare BirdLife Europe, EEB, CAN Europe, Transport & Environment, and WWF EU in a joint press briefing on 04/09/2025.

The NGOs worry about the risk of deregulation of the Simplification Omnibus of the Commission, which aims to simplify multiple EU laws through a single legislative proposal.

"The European…