During the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg, as part of the debate titled “Monitoring the Application of European Union Law in 2023, 2024, and 2025,” PiS MEP Kosma Złotowski presented a critical assessment of the current state of EU legislation.
“European law has ceased to serve citizens and businesses and has become a tool of political blackmail and the cause of the crisis that is consuming our economy,” he emphasized in his speech.
The MEP pointed to a number of regulations that place an excessive burden on member states and their economies. Among them, he mentioned the Green Deal, the conditionality mechanism, the migration pact, the ban on registering internal combustion engine vehicles, and regulations concerning the digital market. “These initiatives have become a burden that neither our companies nor our public institutions are able to bear. Their implementation is costly, and their effectiveness is negligible,” he noted.
Złotowski called for a change in the approach to lawmaking in the European Union and a reduction in the excessive number of regulations. “We need fewer regulations, but we also need to repeal the most harmful ones, which make us a global laughingstock,” he said.
The MEP also drew attention to the European Union’s declining competitiveness relative to global economies. “We are losing the race against the U.S. and China, and no further omnibus bills will change that. This term offers hope for change, but it requires courage and political will on the part of the Commission,” he stated.
At the end of his speech, he warned of the further consequences of the current regulatory policy. “Otherwise, there will soon be nothing left to regulate—we will become a museum where nothing is produced or innovated. The greatest threat to the European Union is the Union itself,” he concluded.
