16
Jun
2026
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Question Time (Commission) - State of play on the European Commission’s pledge to reduce the reporting burden, in particular for SMEs
Commissioner, the excess of bureaucracy and internal rules is sinking more and more every day a continent that is now drenched in the worst of global crises. Manufacturing, trade and small and medium-sized enterprises are suffocating due to internal tariffs of up to 110 %. Simplifying, until recently, was a choice for growth. Today it is imperative for survival. But at the same time the Commission seems to be in no hurry and there is still no concrete trace of Commissioner Séjourné's urgent plan to cut red tape. So I ask you: What can we say to citizens and businesses? Maybe we'll try to save ourselves when the game is over?