The Vice-Chairman of the Commission, Günter Verheugen, seemed satisfied, Tuesday, "support" by the French Government and by the Medef to its policy of 'better lawmaking', one of the priorities of the European Executive, according to him.
This strategy, which is to "simplify and streamline" European legislation become bloated and sometimes obsolete over the years, marked the step this year in part because of the reluctance of senior European civil service. "For a number of officials of the Commission, explained the"echoes", the integration of Europe was measured at the amount of regulations produced."

Offer to ease regulations made them fear a decline in Europe, particularly in the fields of defence, the environment or social protection. This state of mind and this "political culture" found in France. Catherine Colonna, the Minister responsible for European Affairs, insisted Tuesday with Günter Verheugen on the fact that "better lawmaking should not mean less lawmaking" and that it must not be to interrupt the work of harmonization of European rules.
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The support of the Medef
Laurence Parisot, President of the Medef, fully supports this initiative, which must first benefit to companies. "My goal is to reduce the cost of the administrative burden of such regulations for at least 25 by 2010," offers the Commissioner in charge of the industry, which assesses the economic benefit of this relief to 150 billion euros, or a gain in productivity of 1.5 of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Union. The Commission will present on 14 November a communication on this subject, which will provide the first two years of implementation of the programme budget and will specify its objectives for the next two years.
After 68 draft texts in suffering for years on the table of the Council of Ministers, the Commissioner intends to address in the body of the Community acquis, i.e. 250 legislation whose content may be repealed, codified, consolidated or amended. The Commission recalled that any new draft directive or regulation will now in advance subject to an assessment of impact in terms of cost.
Günter Verheugen is disappointed by the delay taken by this ingrate work of "cleansing". In 2006, 30 text only will be passed into the hands of lawyers, against 54 expected. The Commissioner said that nevertheless satisfied that the pace of work is to accelerate. "There is not a Member State to support me in this process." Indeed, seventeen to twenty-five themselves have undertaken to simplify their internal regulations.
Jean-François Copé, Delegate Minister for the Budget, the Commissioner met Tuesday morning, he also detailed the modernization plan of the State led by the France. He explained that the Government had undertaken a systematic strategy of reducing the costs imposed by the administration. "Currently, a t - he pointed out, 112 procedures assessed, among which permissions for the placing on the market of drugs or the approval of the driving school, represent a cost of EUR 1.1 billion for businesses." Our goal is to reduce by 20 by 2007 simplification plan.