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Anti-EU red tape portal proposed

by Mark Beunderman, Brussels,

Under the metaphoric name "www.kafka.eu", Belgium and the Netherlands have proposed to launch an EU webportal where businesses and citizens can report and complain on administrative burden caused by EU regulation.

The idea is based on similar portals in the two countries, which have proven to be highly successful. On the Belgian site "www.kafka.be", 4,000 complaints were filed about national authorities' "red tape" in less than 4 months.

The complaints put forward - mainly by c...

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