All aboard the Digital Omnibus
Even some lawyers are starting to find it hard to keep up with the legislation pouring out of Brussels. Like it or not, we are all aboard the Digital Omnibus.
On Wednesday the European Commission introduced yet another legislative package of digital measures. This time it promises to ease regulation and cut administrative costs for companies, generating “savings of billions” of euros for the economy. Will it achieve that goal?
The Digital Omnibus is ‘only’ the seventh simplification package presented by Brussels, which shows the scale of the ‘regulatory avalanche’ affecting the region. The name chosen for this easing of measures is particularly unfortunate – it would make more sense to call it the Patch-Up Package, to fix a problem for which the Commission itself is responsible.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 21 November 2025.