Switzerland-EU: when bureaucracy becomes a systemic risk

There's nothing new in Brussels - apart from the acceleration. On 3 February 2026, the German daily Die Welt revealed a study by the industry organisation Gesamtmetall: in 2025, the European Commission had introduced 1,456 legislative acts, the most since 2010. Twenty-one directives, 102 regulations, 137 delegated acts and 1,196 implementing acts. Four new texts [...]