ecb speech, 2025-06-18
Member States also contribute to market fragmentation through delayed transposition, incorrect application, or overly burdensome and unnecessarily divergent implementation of EU law - a practice commonly referred to as 'gold-plating', although it would be more fitting to speak of 'lead-plating' as from a European perspective this practice results in something that is not shiny like gold but heavy like lead.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity