Corporate Europe ObservatorySep 8, 2025

⚠️ Corporate lobby groups are promoting a radical plan to create an EU-level ‘28th regime’ of parallel, weaker rules for start-ups and ‘innovative’ companies

This could enable social dumping and trigger a race to the bottom for social rights

#Deregulation #rulestoprotect

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/social-dumping-disaster-eus-28th-regime

A social dumping disaster? EU’s ‘ 28th Regime’ plans could help corporations bypass member state rules | Corporate Europe Observatory

In the name of competitiveness, corporate lobby groups are promoting a radical plan to create an EU-level ‘28th regime’ of parallel, weaker rules. This could help corporations to avoid stricter member state rules for taxation, labour laws, and more, triggering a race to the bottom for social rights.

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The @etuc has warned that the #28thRegime could result in a two-tier labour market and a race to the bottom in social rights

There’s also a serious risk the 28th Regime will sooner or later become available not just to start-ups but to all companies across the board

#Deregulation #RulesToProtect

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/social-dumping-disaster-eus-28th-regime

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Trade unions have compared the #28thRegime with the Bolkestein Directive and its 'country of origin' principle which was defeated after Europe-wide protests in the early 2000s

Will the European Commission bring back #bolkestein

#Deregulation #RulesToProtect

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/social-dumping-disaster-eus-28th-regime

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The most visible players #lobbying for the 28th Regime are start-ups and venture capital investors, but in the background big business lobby groups are eagerly promoting it too
Read our new article on the #28thRegime , who’s behind it and what’s at stake

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/social-dumping-disaster-eus-28th-regime

Sep 8, 2025 at 12:50pmWeb
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There's a serious risk that the EU's forthcoming #28thRegime will result in a downwards spiral in workers’ rights and corporate tax payments
It's high time for public debate and political pressure on EU decision-makers!

#Deregulation #RulesToProtect

https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/social-dumping-disaster-eus-28th-regime

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