16
Sep
2026
Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the normative drift that afflicts Europe is particular in the outermost regions, where the application of directives is a matter of economic and social sabotage. Companies, farmers and fishermen are suffocating under environmental constraints and phytosanitary regulations designed for the European continent. So how could ultramarine companies be competitive i…