The 28th regime and its end-2026 date

The 28th regime and its end-2026 date

Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed one date for the 28th regime: agreement by the end of 2026. What the record shows at the end of September: the Legal Affairs Committee's 28 September sitting, a guidance note for the member states' ambassadors on 30 September, and a first Presidency compromise text, now public, that deletes the insolvency chapter and the central register.

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Amendments in committee, and trilogue in November

Amendments in committee, and trilogue in November

The Legal Affairs Committee took up 1,418 amendments to the 28th regime on 7 September 2026, and the Irish Presidency told the same committee it wants trilogue negotiations by November. What the amendments ask for on the legal basis, employee participation, insolvency and stock options, and what a November trilogue would need first.

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