EU regulation & bureaucracy
October 2026
September 2026
- Brussels designs compliance theater, SMEs learn they are not invitedeu-regulation
- Brussels bolts liability rules onto an unfinished AI frameworkeu-regulation
- Portugal nukes surplus with election-year pension bonus and tax cutseu-fiscal-policy
- Canada gets an EU membership tier that doesn't officially existeu-enlargement
- Brussels negotiates merchant fee caps for digital euro by falleu-regulation
- EU buys European and calls it ethics.eu-procurement-policy
- Brussels bans the fast satellite, then celebrates the slow oneeu-regulation
- Brussels regulates what it failed to buildeu-regulation-overreach
August 2026
- Portugal's elite retire while collecting salaries, ordinary workers choosepublic-sector-ethics
- Brussels Confesses, Then Carries On as Beforeeu-regulation-sme-burden