Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Director of Smart Regulation (2002-2005), European Commission
The European Union and its member states are often
criticized for producing excessive and badly written regulation and for
meddling in the lives of citizens or businesses with too many rules.
The response to this criticism and the broader quest for high quality
regulation has resulted in ‘regulatory policy’ becoming a standard
feature of public policy. Most jurisdictions have a ‘Better regulation’
agenda and have set up administrative means to deliver on it