Brussels stated that it intends to focus on a limited number of measures considered strategic for the EU.
On Wednesday, the European Commission presented its 2027 work program, which includes 23 new initiatives, comprising legislative proposals and recommendations.
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However, these proposals are significantly fewer than the 45 planned for 2025 and the 38 for 2026. Brussels stated that it intends to focus on a limited number of measures considered strategic for the EU’s capacity to act in a changing international context.
Among the priorities for 2027 are industrial competitiveness, economic security, regulatory simplification, and the modernization of key sectors of the European economy.
Proposals related to banking competitiveness, post-2030 energy legislation, and improvements to the regulatory framework for transport will be presented during the first quarter of 2027.
Later initiatives will aim to reduce administrative burdens in areas such as housing, streamline authorization procedures for strategic projects, and strengthen digital transformation and copyright protection.
In the area of security and governance, the Commission plans to update regulations on visas, political advertising, and data exchange systems used in police cooperation between Member States.
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In the environmental sphere, the Commission will review rules on CO₂ emissions from heavy goods vehicles and various directives related to natural habitats, birds, and the Natura 2000 network, which has generated reservations in several European countries.
The program will allow for the withdrawal of fourteen outdated laws and the removal from the agenda of some twenty initiatives considered obsolete or stalled for years in European institutions.
Among the projects to be withdrawn is the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS), proposed in 2015 to strengthen bank protection, which never achieved the necessary consensus among Member States.
Brussels will also withdraw its initiative against so-called greenwashing, aimed at combating the use of misleading environmental claims on products sold in the European market.
Meanwhile, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic stated that the European Union will maintain dialogue with the United States to advance trade relations, paying particular attention to outstanding issues such as tariffs on certain steel products.
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