Whatever the size of the single market’s internal tariff, the 28th regime is not built to remove it

Whatever the size of the single market’s internal tariff, the 28th regime is not built to remove it

conomists disagree on the size of the single market’s internal tariff. Whichever figure you take, the 28th regime is not built to remove it, and the Commission’s own ten-year numbers price it in paperwork savings, not trade.

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Inside the Council's 618-page redline of the 28th regime

Inside the Council's 618-page redline of the 28th regime

Twenty-one of twenty-seven member states filed 1,815 drafting interventions on the 28th regime in a single 618-page Council table, WK 9143/2026 INIT of 26 June 2026. One article of 109 drew nothing at all. A full read, with what each finding means.

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