The European Parliament today adopted the Omnibus I simplification package, marking what the ECR Group describes as a possible turning point in EU economic policymaking.

After years in which deregulation remained more a slogan than a reality, a new parliamentary majority has now voted in favour of measures that reduce unnecessary burdens and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness.

ECR MEP Tobiasz Bocheński, the Group’s Coordinator in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), welcomed the vote as “a long-overdue step towards restoring Europe’s economic strength”.

“Today’s majority signals that the Parliament is finally ready to listen to Europe’s enterprises,” Bocheński said. “For years, we warned that excessive reporting obligations, disproportionate liability rules and rigid regulatory requirements were undermining Europe’s competitiveness. The adoption of these simplification measures shows that a new-found realism is emerging in this House.”

Bocheński noted that the ECR Group has consistently pushed for genuine deregulation, calling for clearer rules, higher reporting thresholds, greater flexibility for Member States, and the removal of obligations — such as mandatory climate transition plans — that in practice created additional burdens rather than supporting competitiveness.

“For Europe to remain an industrial and technological power, policies must be based on trust in entrepreneurs and on innovation — not on multiplying constraints,” he said.

“Today’s vote is a step in the right direction, and we are pleased that a broader parliamentary majority has chosen to advance simplification rather than bureaucracy.”

The ECR Group stressed that today’s outcome was made possible because an emerging cross-party consensus now acknowledges the need to reverse Europe’s decline in competitiveness. The Group expressed hope that Omnibus I can mark “the beginning of a wider shift” in favour of pragmatic lawmaking and economic realism.

“This vote shows that a new majority is possible in Europe — one that prioritises competitiveness, legal clarity and space for innovation. The ECR will continue to lead this change,” Bocheński concluded.