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In May 2025, the Commission announced its intention to develop the 28th regime initiative for innovative companies as part of its startup and scaleup strategy. In January 2026, Parliament is set to vote on a legislative-initiative report with recommendations to the Commission on the design of the 28th regime.

On 21 October 2025, the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen's second mandate adopted its work programme for 2026 (2026 CWP). In line with the Commission President's political guidelines and letter of intent and highlighting the need for full implementation of Mario Draghi's competitiveness report, the 2026 CWP places a strong emphasis on competitiveness, innovation and collective security. In parallel, the Commission commits to advancing simplification, implementation, and this year, also ...

Following Mario Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness, the EU has started proposing ways to simplify EU laws governing the digital space. The goal is to reduce administrative burdens on companies. However, simplifying EU digital laws may not be sufficient to boost innovation, and thus competitiveness.

The construction sector plays a key role in fostering economic growth and in ensuring housing affordability. However, the sector faces many challenges. Designing a framework that allows for productivity growth is essential, especially since the labour force is shrinking. Moreover, solutions have to be found for the land shortage issue and the disincentives to renovations for older or low-income households, which are unable to bear investment costs. This in-depth analysis discusses the key challenges ...

This in-depth analysis provides an overview of the reactions of Member States to the Cali Apartments SCI case and analyses challenges and opportunities stemming from short-term rental (STR) regulation. It also reflects on possible EU policy options in the STR field. Building on the briefing by Colomb (2025) on the Regulatory aspects of short-term rentals in the EU, this in-depth analysis examines in more detail the landmark ruling (C-724/18 and C-727/18) in the Cali Apartments SCI case. The ruling ...

The construction sector plays a key role in fostering economic growth and in ensuring housing affordability. However, the sector faces many challenges. Designing a framework that allows for productivity growth is essential, especially since the labour force is shrinking. Moreover, solutions have to be found for the land shortage issue and the disincentives to renovations for older or low-income households, which are unable to bear investment costs. This in-depth analysis discusses the key challenges ...

This in-depth analysis discusses the impacts of short-term rentals on access to affordable housing in the EU. It reviews the variety of short-term rental regulations and the challenges to their implementation. It highlights the role that EU legislation plays in influencing the regulation of both short-term rentals and the digital platforms that advertise them..

On 29 January 2025, the Commission presented a 'competitiveness compass', an economic framework to guide its work in the coming years. Grounded in the key role of productivity in financing the EU's competitiveness ambitions, the compass is about simplifying legislation, pooling private and public investment in key technologies and mitigating foreign dependencies in order to unleash EU innovation. To this end, the Commission intends to issue up to 47 legislative and non-legislative proposals by the ...

Commitments made at the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate 2024-2029

Commitments made by Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, 2024-2029