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The EU deregulated with a chainsaw

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The EU is putting the chainsaw on – how omnibus laws are damaging the climate, the environment and consumers. The EU wants to deregulate - and how. It has put together legislative packages that, in the so-called omnibus procedure, always amend several regulations and directives at once. Officially, this should make everything less bureaucratic. De facto, however, the EU is thus sawing at the foundations of consumer and environmental protection. Bettina Müller, Head of Investment and Trade Policy at PowerShift, took a closer look at the omnibus laws. We're talking about where this deregulation anger comes from and what damage it all does. The picture shows how a person saws the trunk of a birch tree with a chainsaw.

Deregulate with the chainsaw – how omnibus laws harm the climate, the environment and consumers

The EU deregulates with the chainsaw. It has enacted omnibus laws, i.e. legislative packages that always change several regulations and directives at once. Officially, this should make everything less bureaucratic. In fact, the EU is using Javier Milei's ultra-capitalist chainsaw strategy and is cutting to the foundations of consumer and environmental protection. Bettina Müller, Head of Investment and Trade Policy at PowerShift, took a closer look at the omnibus laws. She talks to Nora Noll about where this deregulation anger comes from and what damage it does.

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