16
Sep
2026
Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Market fragmentation, which is precisely the result of overregulation, costs our economy hundreds of billions of euros a year. Today, according to experts, there is €713 billion on the table if we put an end to this practice. European law must aim to harmonise rules so that our economies can function smoothly. And let's take a simple example: if the truck can weigh up t…