From the Brussels mist rises a question that, like a discreet knell, resonates in the muted corridors of the Commission: the European Ombudsman, Teresa Anjinho, is opening the file on the “simplification package” intended to refine the edifice of sustainable finance. At issue: the method, more than the substance. The Union, which prides itself on exemplary transparency, may have taken a shortcut by bypassing the public consultation, impact analysis, and climate consistency assessment required by European climate law. Behind this investigation, it is the very foundation of the “Better Regulation Guidelines” that is shaking, reminding us that the European legislator is always subject to the judgment of its own principles.

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