Brussels Passed Hundreds of New Rules but Assessed Just 25

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, accused the European Commission of suffocating the continent with an avalanche of directives and regulations imposed without adequate consideration of their real-world consequences.

The rebuke follows the publication of a new study revealing that the Commission evaluates the practical impact of merely a small fraction of the laws and rules it produces, raising questions about the quality and oversight of EU legislative processes.

Weidel stated that Brussels is overwhelming Europe with bureaucratic mandates that ignore the effects on member states, businesses, and citizens. She argued that the current centralized model has failed and requires fundamental reform.

The AfD leader outlined her party’s vision for restructuring the European Union, calling for a shift away from what she described as bureaucratic centralism. Instead, the AfD advocates for transforming the EU into a confederation of free and sovereign nation-states, restoring decision-making power to individual countries.

The findings add fuel to ongoing debates about the scale and scope of European Commission authority, particularly among conservative and sovereigntist movements across the continent that have long criticized regulatory overreach from Brussels.

Weidel’s remarks reflect broader concerns among right-leaning parties that excessive regulation stifles economic growth and undermines national sovereignty, themes that continue to resonate with voters skeptical of top-down governance from EU institutions.

With information from The European Conservative