Digital Omnibus: Less Bureaucracy, More Innovation
8 December 2025 – With the Digital Omnibus, the European Commission presented a legislative package last week that aims to modernise and simplify key areas of European digital law. The objective is a clearer, more coherent and easier-to-apply regulatory framework that reduces burdens on companies, public administrations and citizens and strengthens Europe’s digital competitiveness.
The Commission’s proposal bundles various measures and merges several previously separate legal acts. This is intended, for example, to eliminate duplicate regulations, standardise legal terminology, streamline procedures and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens. The Digital Omnibus also includes clearer data protection rules, relief from security reporting obligations and a new unified reporting channel for security incidents. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises are to be better protected, as specific facilitation measures will in future also apply to small mid-caps.
The proposal is currently under consideration by the European Parliament and the Council. At the same time, the Commission is working on a comprehensive Digital Fitness Check to identify further needs for simplification in European regulation.
The VTKE welcomes the objective of the European Commission to comprehensively optimise the EU’s digital regulatory framework, in particular to promote the competitiveness of companies in the EU. Complex regulation often leads to time- and resource-intensive processes. Reducing unnecessary bureaucracy enables companies to focus more strongly on innovation, investment and the expansion of digital infrastructures. The Digital Omnibus is therefore an important step towards modern, practical regulation that supports technological development rather than hindering it.