Bureaucracy Reduction Pipe Dream

Guest contribution in Handelsblatt (German business newspaper) from January 23, 2023

"One in, one out" was supposed to be the new guiding principle of the European Commission. But Brussels apparently does not adhere to its own guardrails: In 2022 alone, more than 2,000 new legal acts were adopted. This is offset by the elimination of 534. Excessive bureaucracy not only causes costs, but also ties up capacities for innovation and development, writes Foundation Executive Board Member Prof. Rainer Kirchdörfer in his guest contribution in Handelsblatt (German business newspaper).