Marlene Schörner
@marleneschoerner.bsky.social
Policy Fellow EU Financial Markets @ Jacques Delors Centre
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1/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
The EU's critical raw materials predicament: ReSourceEU to the Rescue?
The EU’s dependence on highly concentrated critical raw material (CRM) supply chains, above all on China, has emerged as a central economic security vulnerability.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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A Christmas break might do EU doomers some good too.
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A Christmas break might do EU doomers some good too.
6/ While difficult trade-offs remain and complementary measures will be needed, for instance, to develop the EU's VC ecosystem, this framework could become a cornerstone for a more integrated, competitive Single Market.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
6/ While difficult trade-offs remain and complementary measures will be needed, for instance, to develop the EU's VC ecosystem, this framework could become a cornerstone for a more integrated, competitive Single Market.
5/ To reach these goals, the 28th Regime should be kept open to all companies, focus on corporate law first, be pragmatic regarding the legal basis and legal instrument, and include attractive features like an online incorporation portal to increase uptake.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
5/ To reach these goals, the 28th Regime should be kept open to all companies, focus on corporate law first, be pragmatic regarding the legal basis and legal instrument, and include attractive features like an online incorporation portal to increase uptake.
4/ I argue that a well-designed 28th Regime would be an effective and actionable way forward to facilitate scaling across the EU and improve companies' access to finance, by simplifying cross-border investments.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
4/ I argue that a well-designed 28th Regime would be an effective and actionable way forward to facilitate scaling across the EU and improve companies' access to finance, by simplifying cross-border investments.
3/ While direct harmonization has proven to be difficult, the 28th Regime would create a single EU-wide framework that firms could opt into instead of navigating several national systems, reducing complexity and costs. However, crucial questions about design and implementation remain unresolved.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
3/ While direct harmonization has proven to be difficult, the 28th Regime would create a single EU-wide framework that firms could opt into instead of navigating several national systems, reducing complexity and costs. However, crucial questions about design and implementation remain unresolved.
2/ Small innovative companies face legal fragmentation and bureaucratic hurdles across 27 national systems.
Consequently, they struggle to access sufficient financing and scale their business across borders. Many move abroad, with direct implications for innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
Consequently, they struggle to access sufficient financing and scale their business across borders. Many move abroad, with direct implications for innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
2/ Small innovative companies face legal fragmentation and bureaucratic hurdles across 27 national systems.
Consequently, they struggle to access sufficient financing and scale their business across borders. Many move abroad, with direct implications for innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
Consequently, they struggle to access sufficient financing and scale their business across borders. Many move abroad, with direct implications for innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
The proposed "28th Regime" is hoped to remove bureaucratic, legal, and financial hurdles that hold back small, innovative EU companies.
However, crucial questions remain wide open. In my new policy brief, I analyse the main options and relevant trade-offs.
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www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
However, crucial questions remain wide open. In my new policy brief, I analyse the main options and relevant trade-offs.
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www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
Regime change instead of business as usual: A pan-European corporate law to unlock cross-border
www.delorscentre.eu
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The proposed "28th Regime" is hoped to remove bureaucratic, legal, and financial hurdles that hold back small, innovative EU companies.
However, crucial questions remain wide open. In my new policy brief, I analyse the main options and relevant trade-offs.
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www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
However, crucial questions remain wide open. In my new policy brief, I analyse the main options and relevant trade-offs.
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www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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Lots to criticise in yesterday’s cars package - but one point deserves credit.
The COM plans to limit support for corporate cars to EVs and tie it to European preferences. Exactly what @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social, and I called for and a genuinely meaningful step forward
The COM plans to limit support for corporate cars to EVs and tie it to European preferences. Exactly what @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social, and I called for and a genuinely meaningful step forward
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Lots to criticise in yesterday’s cars package - but one point deserves credit.
The COM plans to limit support for corporate cars to EVs and tie it to European preferences. Exactly what @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social, and I called for and a genuinely meaningful step forward
The COM plans to limit support for corporate cars to EVs and tie it to European preferences. Exactly what @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social, and I called for and a genuinely meaningful step forward
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The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation.
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
The European Democracy Shield – Papering over the cracks
Protecting European democracy requires consistent commitment to democratic values both at EU and at national level – not just the creation of additional strategies.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation.
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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🥐 Das letzte EU to go-Frühstück des Jahres steht an! Am Mi., 17.12. um 8:30 Uhr geht es um das EU-Autopaket und die europäische Autoindustrie. Mit dabei: Unser Co-Direktor @nilsredeker.bsky.social & Senior Policy Fellow @jannikjansen.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🥐 Das letzte EU to go-Frühstück des Jahres steht an! Am Mi., 17.12. um 8:30 Uhr geht es um das EU-Autopaket und die europäische Autoindustrie. Mit dabei: Unser Co-Direktor @nilsredeker.bsky.social & Senior Policy Fellow @jannikjansen.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
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White smoke from Berlin: the coalition has agreed to tie new car purchase incentives to European preference rules - and work to align them across the EU.
A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...
A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
White smoke from Berlin: the coalition has agreed to tie new car purchase incentives to European preference rules - and work to align them across the EU.
A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...
A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...
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Good to see @europarl.europa.eu refer to principle of solidarity in its resolution on Hungary calling for triggering of Art. 7(2) TEU. With @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein, we argued that new Art. 7 procedure should be initiated against HU based on breaches of solidarity in CFSP
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Good to see @europarl.europa.eu refer to principle of solidarity in its resolution on Hungary calling for triggering of Art. 7(2) TEU. With @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein, we argued that new Art. 7 procedure should be initiated against HU based on breaches of solidarity in CFSP
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Today’s Omnibus vote has rolled over an already perforated cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament. For the first time, the EPP sided with far-right groups on a file key to the Commission’s agenda. Make no mistake: this was no accident and it’s unclear whether the centrist coalition can recover🧵
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today’s Omnibus vote has rolled over an already perforated cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament. For the first time, the EPP sided with far-right groups on a file key to the Commission’s agenda. Make no mistake: this was no accident and it’s unclear whether the centrist coalition can recover🧵
It was a secret ballot, so we cannot be sure what exactly happend. In any case, this compromise was reached under the EPP's threat of turning to the far-right.
And I fully agree that true simplification is necessary, but merely cutting out elements that make the CSDDD binding is not that.
And I fully agree that true simplification is necessary, but merely cutting out elements that make the CSDDD binding is not that.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It was a secret ballot, so we cannot be sure what exactly happend. In any case, this compromise was reached under the EPP's threat of turning to the far-right.
And I fully agree that true simplification is necessary, but merely cutting out elements that make the CSDDD binding is not that.
And I fully agree that true simplification is necessary, but merely cutting out elements that make the CSDDD binding is not that.
9 / At the end, the EPP decided to rely on far-right votes to weaken human rights, sustainability, and regulatory predictability, by watering down laws that had not even fully come into effect yet.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
9 / At the end, the EPP decided to rely on far-right votes to weaken human rights, sustainability, and regulatory predictability, by watering down laws that had not even fully come into effect yet.
8/ In sum, the effectiveness of the CSRD and the CSDDD in preparing companies for the green transition, steering investments and assessing financial stability risks, and in holding companies accountable for environmental and human rights violations in their supply chain, is significantly reduced.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
8/ In sum, the effectiveness of the CSRD and the CSDDD in preparing companies for the green transition, steering investments and assessing financial stability risks, and in holding companies accountable for environmental and human rights violations in their supply chain, is significantly reduced.
7/ Fourth, civil liability of companies for non-compliance with due diligence was deleted. EU member states will not be required to introduce liability, and there will be no common civil liability regime in the EU. This will make it much harder to hold companies accountable.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
7/ Fourth, civil liability of companies for non-compliance with due diligence was deleted. EU member states will not be required to introduce liability, and there will be no common civil liability regime in the EU. This will make it much harder to hold companies accountable.
6/ Third, regarding the supply chain due diligence, it becomes harder for companies to request information from smaller suppliers. Hence, for companies that wish to voluntarily go beyond the legal minimum in their monitoring, today’s vote limits their ability to gather the necessary information.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
6/ Third, regarding the supply chain due diligence, it becomes harder for companies to request information from smaller suppliers. Hence, for companies that wish to voluntarily go beyond the legal minimum in their monitoring, today’s vote limits their ability to gather the necessary information.
5/ Second, the CSRD will only apply to companies with >1750 employees (instead of 250) and 450 Mio. EUR turnover. As a result, only ~8% of businesses now fall under its scope. The ECB warned that such a restriction weakens the Eurosystem’s ability to assess climate-related financial risk.
www.ecb.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
5/ Second, the CSRD will only apply to companies with >1750 employees (instead of 250) and 450 Mio. EUR turnover. As a result, only ~8% of businesses now fall under its scope. The ECB warned that such a restriction weakens the Eurosystem’s ability to assess climate-related financial risk.
4/ First, the mandatory adoption of climate transition plans with implementing actions under the CSDDD is scrapped. Transition plans are an important tool to prepare companies for a low-carbon world and help steer investments to support their transition processes.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
4/ First, the mandatory adoption of climate transition plans with implementing actions under the CSDDD is scrapped. Transition plans are an important tool to prepare companies for a low-carbon world and help steer investments to support their transition processes.
3/ A compromise between the center parties failed in October. Today, the EPP decided to vote with the far right, arguing that it is heeding the calls of businesses, which are being strangled by sustainability reporting burdens. Against this background, they pushed through the following amendments:
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
3/ A compromise between the center parties failed in October. Today, the EPP decided to vote with the far right, arguing that it is heeding the calls of businesses, which are being strangled by sustainability reporting burdens. Against this background, they pushed through the following amendments:
2/ This omnibus package is the first of multiple legislative packages that are supposed to cut red tape and help EU companies thrive. However, the right line between simplification and deregulation has been subject to intense discussions between the EU institutions and the parties in the EP.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
2/ This omnibus package is the first of multiple legislative packages that are supposed to cut red tape and help EU companies thrive. However, the right line between simplification and deregulation has been subject to intense discussions between the EU institutions and the parties in the EP.
1/ The Sustainability “Omnibus” is a legislative package proposed by the European Commission aimed at making sustainability reporting less burdensome. It includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1/ The Sustainability “Omnibus” is a legislative package proposed by the European Commission aimed at making sustainability reporting less burdensome. It includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
Today´s vote on the Sustainability Omnibus was a watershed moment in the European Parliament, as the EPP sides with far-right political groups to scratch climate transition plans and civil liability under the CSDDD, and reduce the scope of companies covered under the CSRD.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today´s vote on the Sustainability Omnibus was a watershed moment in the European Parliament, as the EPP sides with far-right political groups to scratch climate transition plans and civil liability under the CSDDD, and reduce the scope of companies covered under the CSRD.
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