"The phrase that stuck, "Europe Inc", is not the name of a regulation, nor a new Brussels invention ready to roll out. It is a political framing for a shift that the European Commission wants to accelerate. What Europe Inc actually refers to is an idea long discussed in EU policy circles and now pushed into the spotlight: the so-called 28th regime."
"Europe has a single market in theory, but in practice, companies still face 27 different company laws, registration processes, capital requirements, and administrative timelines. Startups incorporate in one country, then struggle to expand. Scaleups hit legal friction. Many leave. The Commission's answer is simplification through centralisation. Under the proposed 28th regime, entrepreneurs would be able to set up a company digitally, once and use that structure across the EU. One registration, one legal form, one set of rules."
The European Commission proposes an optional, EU-wide 28th regime to create a single corporate framework alongside national systems. Companies would register once and operate across the bloc under a uniform legal form and set of rules. The proposal aims to remove frictions caused by 27 differing company laws, registration processes, capital requirements, and administrative timelines that hinder startup expansion and push scaleups to leave. The Commission seeks digital, once-only company creation and has set a 48-hour registration target. The 48-hour target is a political ambition and not yet in force; the proposal still needs to be formally drafted, negotiated, and approved.
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