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Cutting Red Tape at all Costs: Why the EU’s Simplification Agenda is Weakening Europe

This article was originally published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German) – EU-Nachhaltigkeitsregeln: Dieser Bürokratieabbau ist für die EU gefährlich […]

Author Claudia-Dominique Geiser

Author Etienne Höra

31. October 2025

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