SMEs oppose Stoiber group’s recommendation on… SMEs

It is just another illustration of how controversial the better regulation agenda can be. The presentation of the final report of the so-called ‘ Stoiber group ’, which has advised the European Commission on how to reduce administrative burdens over the past seven years, was far from being a seamless event. Not only did four out of the fifteen members of the group present a ‘dissenting opinion’, raising the spectre of deregulation and expressing their disagreement with most of the…