article_snippet: Matthew Elliott, chief executive of Business for Britain, said: ‘David Cameron has rightly pointed out that bureaucratic the European Union rules unnecessarily affect our daily lives far too often.
article_snippet: ‘The European Commission and European Parliament almost always see regulation as the answer to every problem the European Union the European Union faces, regardless of the impact on business and our economic competitiveness.
article_snippet: Access to the single market should not come at the cost of having two-thirds of our laws being decided by the European Union.
article_snippet: There must be a significant reduction in the amount and scope of the European Union legislation and powers over certain policy areas should be given back to European Parliament so decisions are made far closer to the British people.
article_snippet: ’ Business for Britain, which is backed by business leaders who want to see Britain either leave the European Union the European Union or have a fundamentally different relationship with the European Union, says the European Union acknowledges that regulations and directives are needed for the single market to work effectively.
article_snippet: Business for Britain said the explanation for the difference was the fact that many the European Union regulations simply pass into UK law, without ever being voted on by MPs.
article_snippet: Roland Rudd, chairman of Business for New Europe, said: ‘It is wrong to imply that all laws originating at EU-level are undemocratic or over-burdensome.
article_snippet: ‘The UK gets a seat at the negotiating table and most of the time, one the European Union law gets rid of 28 different national laws across Europe, making one EU law much simpler and easier for businesses to export.