S8 Ep157: Brussels Attempts Deregulation — Joseph Sternberg — Sternberg describes the European Union's complex multi-institutional governance structure and recent tentative moves toward deregulation, particularly regarding climate reporting requirements and digital

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

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Brussels Attempts Deregulation — Joseph Sternberg — Sternberg describes the European Union's complex multi-institutional governance structure and recent tentative moves toward deregulation, particularly regarding climate reporting requirements and digital technology regulations. Sternberg argues that Brussels officials are gradually acknowledging that excessive regulatory frameworks systematically damage economic competitiveness and drive entrepreneurs from European jurisdictions toward more favorable regulatory environments. Sternberg emphasizes that these modest deregulatory reforms confront a race against accelerating economic decline, requiring more aggressive structural reforms to restore European competitiveness relative to American and Chinese competitors.
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0:00.0	This is CBS I on the world.
0:08.5	Here's John Batchelor.
0:11.8	This is CBS I on the world.
0:14.0	I'm John Batchelor.
0:14.9	I welcome Joseph Sternberg, member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal.
0:18.2	He's in London, where he writes political economics column. And his attention now is to solve a puzzle, the European Union. It's a puzzle
0:26.7	to me, these last years. I've tried to understand what is the European Commission, what is
0:32.4	the European Parliament, and now this new element, the European Council. Joe's new column
0:37.4	also speaks to the European Union Commission Council moving in a way that's
0:43.2	consistent with making money.
0:44.7	And that's a positive because it's struggling right now to justify its regulations and
0:50.0	rules and guidance and assembly because there are a lot of losers, including Germany.
0:55.4	And it's time to make money.
0:57.0	Joe, a very good evening to you.
0:58.1	What is the European Commission compared to the European Parliament compared to the European
1:02.3	Council?
1:02.9	Is there an easy way to talk about what you call the three elements of the European government?
1:07.3	Good evening, too.
1:08.8	Hey, John.
1:09.6	Yeah.
1:09.8	So, I mean, the big picture that we're going to be
1:11.9	talking about here this evening is kind of this question of whether there is hope for the European
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