EU Legislation rises to 85% in Germany

This report and comment is from today's Open Europe Press Summary: German MEP: "percentage of legislation originating in Brussels is 85 percent in Germany, and even higher in eastern Europe" EUobserver reports that, according to Liberal German MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, EU citizens are for the large part unaware that the vast majority of national legislation originates in Brussels, saying the percentage was 85 percent in Germany, and even higher in eastern Europe. He added: "People don't know this because national politicians don't want them to know. They don't want to show up their own minor role." EUobserver

Comment: Open Europe has estimated that the cost of EU regulations across Europe accounts for 66% of the total cost of regulations introduced in the last ten years in member states. In Germany we estimate the EU derived cost of regulation to be 65.9% of the total cost of regulation.

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