This question assesses the European Commission's ability to deliver on its key policy objectives and promises. I have for now taken these from the Political Guidelines published by Ursula von der Leyen. Including only goals it has explicitly committed to. Though I hope to add more political goals later.
Note: As specific timelines are not provided for all goals, assume the target completion date is the end of the current EC mandate unless otherwise stated.
"Every year" will mean every FULL year the commission is in office. 2024 and 2029 will not count for this.
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Announced in March: European Commission and EIB group lay foundations for a new pan-European investment platform for affordable and sustainable housing
Then they set up a site:
“For a comprehensive view of the EIB Group initiatives to support affordable housing in Europe visit More homes. Better homes. This web portal was endorsed by the European Commission as a first step towards the Pan-European Investment Platform’.”
Money started to flow with this 1.34 billion example: Portugal and the EIB approve €1.34 billion framework loan for affordable housing
It seems we are getting there. I'm not sure what is pending for the full implementation.
@aCivic Article 1
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119
Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 1, second paragraph, the following sentence is added:
‘This Regulation also sets out a binding Union target for 2040.’;
(2) in Article 4, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:
‘3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding
Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions
(emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.
See page 12 of https://climate.ec.europa.eu/document/download/e1b5a957-c6b9-4cb2-a247-bd28bf675db6_en
The Commission’s 2040 EU climate target proposal has been submitted to the European Parliament and the Council for discussion and adoption under the ordinary legislative procedure. (EU Commission)
In your “Propose a 90% emission-reduction target for 2040 in a European Climate Law” I understand that:
Amendment to existing law should be OK (no need for a new law)
As you ask for “propose”, I would say the current proposal can already resolve YES without waiting for approval of the European Parliament
Did I understand properly your resolution criteria?
Public consultation ongoing until November
Comission adoption expected Q3 2026
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14627-Biotech-Act_en
We will see if it happens. At least the ball is rolling
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When it comes to accession countries, this is what I understand from this title “2025 Rule of law report - input from Member States and enlargement countries” (July 2025 commission.europa.eu)
The templates to ask for input will also be sent to enlargement countries
Next report will include the input from enlargement countries
… but as I don’t see the templates for them yet, I’m not sure. We will see.
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“The 2025 edition introduces a further emphasis on the Single Market dimension, reinforcing the role of the rule of law as a precondition for economic stability, legal certainty, and investor confidence” (EuropeanMovement.eu)
See the Questions for input on the single market dimension of the Rule of Law Report:
Would this suffice for the Single Market piece? I guess so
How fitting, all the goals and promises are defined in terms of expanding the bureaucracy rather than real world outcomes.
While I agree it would be good to have some outcome goals as well, I also think it makes sense: The Commission is not a dictator that can just do things; it can only promise to engage with the other institutions in a way. I have also cut out all things that I thought would be difficult to measure, such as the ambitions to cut housing costs, win the Ukraine war, reducing administrative burdens, etc. focussing only on the direct things the Commission can do for now. I will add more outcome based goals once the priorities of the new EC have been published.
If you are curious to hear what VDL has as goals in her own words, I recommend the political guidelines she put out; they are pretty readable: https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/063d44e9-04ed-4033-acf9-639ecb187e87_en?filename=political-guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf