Welcome to Outside the Box: Innovative Ideas from CEPS Ideas Lab, the podcast series that brings you the most forward-thinking ideas from CEPS' annual Ideas Lab event.
Every year, CEPS’ Ideas Lab brings together a diverse group of policymakers, experts, and thought leaders to explore innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. From digital sovereignty and AI to climate change, energy transition, and sustainable trade, each episode dives into the ideas that are being debated, discussed, and developed at ideas Lab to address the complex issues facing our global society.
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Welcome to Outside the Box: Innovative Ideas from CEPS Ideas Lab, the podcast series that brings you the most forward-thinking ideas from CEPS' annual Ideas Lab event.
Every year, CEPS’ Ideas Lab brings together a diverse group of policymakers, experts, and thought leaders to explore innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. From digital sovereignty and AI to climate change, energy transition, and sustainable trade, each episode dives into the ideas that are being debated, discussed, and developed at ideas Lab to address the complex issues facing our global society.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The complexity of EU law dealing with digital services has exploded over the past five to 10 years, both in the sheer number of laws that have come into force, and in how complicated they are. Under these circumstances, the task of ensuring consistency across these laws – not only in the laws’ text but also how they’re enforced among Member States – has absolutely exploded. The Letta report, the Draghi report and the Commission’s new Competitive Compass have all called for making EU regulation simpler, more coherent and more consistent across the Member States.
Multiple reports and surveys show that businesses are not only concerned about the growing regulatory burden but are also increasingly uncertain over how to comply with multiple laws that cannot be guaranteed to be fully mutually . Despite the legislators’ best efforts, experience has shown that some inconsistencies only become evident once the laws have come into force – and that’s why we need to set up a new coordination body to rectify this, an EU Digital Clearinghouse.
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