The quantity of requirements has climbed 84 % in twenty years | EUROtoday

Stop the profusion of legal guidelines, decrees and requirements of all types. Better: prune in present texts, to cut back the amount of the legislation in pressure. François Bayrou has made it considered one of his main aims. “This simplification, by a return to the basics, is at the heart of the refoundation of the public action that I have initiated”, mentioned the Prime Minister on April 3, in the course of the Simplification Assizes, held within the Senate. But in the interim, the lightening introduced stays in a state of promise, and the inflation of requirements continues.
As proof, statistics revealed Monday May 5 by the Prime Minister’s companies. Despite a very restricted legislative exercise, the amount of the legislation in pressure elevated additional in 2024, even when it’s a decrease tempo than in earlier years. In one 12 months, the variety of articles in all of the texts in utility, from the structure to the straightforward circulars, believed 1.35 %, to achieve 359,851 to January 25, 2025. A historic file. The variety of objects has climbed 20 % in ten years, and 53 % in twenty years.
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