EC Press conference by European Commissioners Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ and Valdis DOMBROVSKIS on the 2027 Commission work programme and the 2026 annual overview report on simplification, implementation and enforcement
4 November 2026
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European Commission
Follow its sittings00:00 - 00:13
Speaker 2
Thank you very much. And now, again, if you wish to ask your questions in any of the EU official language, please feel free to do so. Jorge.
00:13 - 01:31
Speaker 3
A question I guess is for Commissioner Šefčovič. Maybe if you could tell us a bit the rationale, the explanation behind why such a significant reduction of legislation of initiatives coming forward next year. Is it because of the, I mean, the Russian, the demand from some member states to have less proposals coming forward? Is it because you expect, I mean, the fact that there will be many elections next year will alter the discussion with the co-legislators, or is it because there is a lot to do in terms of implementation? And secondly, I mean, for both of you, since both of you are two of the commissioners more in contact with the US, I would like to have a reaction to the US midterm elections.
For Commissioner Šefčovič, do you expect that maybe the Congress will help in achieving some of the tariff reductions that you are still discussing with your US counterparts, as we saw, for example, in the case of some senators with Canada? And for Commissioner Dombrovskis, are you still hopeful that maybe after the elections, the new Congress could be more warm to the idea of providing financial support to Ukraine? Thank you.
01:31 - 01:48
Speaker 4
One topic and one off-topic question from Jorge. I will leave it to our commissioners to see if the second one is tackled now, or we leave it for the end if we have time for to address of the topic questions. Commissioner.
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