European Commission 2025 work programme

The European Commission (EC) has published a communication outlining its 2025 work programme. The EC also published the annexes to the 2025 work programme which include:

• Annex I – new initiatives. The table in this annex lists the new initiatives the EC intends to adopt in 2025 to deliver on its priorities;
• Annex II – annual plan on evaluations and fitness checks. The EC's annual plan of evaluations and fitness checks is designed to ensure continuity of the simplification and burden reduction exercise;
• Annex III – pending proposals. This includes a list of pending legislative files where the EC wants the co-legislators to reach agreement;
• Annex IV – withdrawals. This includes a list of pending legislative proposals that the EC intends to withdraw within six months; and
• Annex V – envisaged appeals.

There are no items listed in the table in this annex that relate to financial services. The 2025 work programme focuses strongly on simplification. It includes a first series of Omnibus packages and proposals designed to make EU policies and laws work better and faster to strengthen the EU's competitiveness. The first Omnibus will put forward far-reaching simplification, notably in the fields of sustainable finance reporting, sustainability due diligence and taxonomy. Having adopted the 2025 work programme, the EC presented it to the European Parliament plenary on 11 February. It will now present it to a meeting of the General Affairs Council. On the basis of the 2025 work programme and priorities put forward by the other institutions, the EC, the Parliament and the Council will establish a joint declaration on the EU's legislative priorities for 2025 and joint conclusions on priorities for the term.

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