Cultural Revolution: The Only Way to Cut through the EU's Red Tape Jungle  

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Schepers, Stefan

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Europe's World: The Only Europe-Wide Policy Journal no. 5 (2007), page 99.
Topik: Cultural Revolution; European Commission; Regulations;
Fulltext: Cultural Revolution; the only way to cut through the EU’s red tape jungle (win).pdf (68.93KB)

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Brussels' mandarins have declared that European regulation is to be simplified. Stefan Schepers explains that before red tape can be cut, the EU's consensus-building tools must be sharpened, and that in turn means a revolution inside the European institutions. The European Commission wants to simplify EU regulation, saying its cost has become a serious obstacle to European competitiveness. But is excessive regulation the only issue, or is there a deeper problem of flawed consensus building? Regulations is social consensus that is imposed by a public authority on everyone within a defined jurisdiction. Throughout history, societies have found different ways of developing a common view on issues of general interest. In pre-modern times, social consensus was seldom a matter for controversy, even though it covered issues that today belong in the private realm. Consensus was in the past determined by a ruling elite, often with strong religious backing, and then after consultation with key social groups. When it changed, that was mostly the result of some revolutionary upheaval or the implosion of the ruling elite. Sometimes consensus was destroyed from outside, such as when the governance systems of Africa and the Americas fell victim to colonialisation.

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