布鲁塞尔 —— 欧盟委员会在一份关于其正在进行的简化工作进展的年度回顾中表示，目前正利用人工智能起草新法律并简化现有法律。
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is now using artificial intelligence to draft new laws and simplify existing ones, it said in an annual review of progress on its ongoing simplification drive.
作为一项削减繁文缛节、降低企业行政成本的重大计划的一部分，欧盟正在对其制定和执行规则的方式进行深度改革，涉及领域涵盖科技、农业、移民、环境保护和税收等各个方面。
As part of a major plan to cut red tape and administrative costs for businesses, the EU is making deep reforms to how it creates and enforces rules on everything from tech, agriculture and migration to environmental protection and taxation.
为实现这一目标，委员会正在内部部署新的数字工具，以“现代化”立法流程。委员会在周三发布的年度简化报告中表示，这些工具旨在帮助其工作人员“识别法律文本间的相似之处，指出潜在的重叠、不一致或重复之处，以及简化的机会”。
To do that, the Commission is deploying new digital tools internally to "modernise" lawmaking. The tools aim to help its staff "identify similarities across legal acts, pointing at potential overlaps, inconsistencies or duplicates, as well as opportunities for simplification," it said in an annual simplification report presented on Wednesday.
根据该文件，委员会还在加强法律培训和人员配备，以确保新规则不会过于复杂。
According to the document, the Commission is also beefing up legal training and staff to make sure new rules are not overly complex.
欧盟简化事务专员瓦尔季斯·东布罗夫斯基斯在新闻发布会上表示：“我们的简化议程不仅仅是报告上的数字。这是一个每天都在欧洲各地的办公室、工厂和农场上演的故事。”他补充说，中小企业主“花在填表上的时间减少了，将更多精力集中在创新和扩张上”。
"Our simplification agenda is more than figures in a report. It is a story unfolding every day in the offices, factories and farms across Europe," said EU Simplification Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis at a press conference. Small business owners are spending "less time filling in forms and more time focused on innovation and expansion," he added.
欧盟的规则库因过于复杂且有时前后不一致而备受批评。委员会的简化行动旨在解决这一问题，通过审查旧立法和采用数字工具，使企业和政府更容易遵守欧盟法律。
The EU's rulebook has been widely criticized for being overly complex and, at times, inconsistent. The Commission's simplification drive is designed to fix this, making it easier for businesses and governments to comply with its laws by reviewing old legislation and adopting digital tools.
自乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩开启担任委员会主席的第二个任期以来，她已将简化工作作为其政治议程的基石。迄今为止，欧盟已推出12个所谓的“综合修订包”以修订和简化现有立法，委员会估计这将为欧盟经济节省223亿欧元的成本。
Since the start of her second term as Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen has made simplification a cornerstone of her political agenda. So far, the EU has produced 12 so-called omnibus packages to revise and simplify existing legislation, which the Commission estimates will save the EU economy €22.3 billion in costs.
布鲁塞尔也在向欧盟各国政府施压，要求它们妥善落实法律。根据报告，欧盟委员会在2025年8月至2026年7月期间启动了874项违规程序，这是“过去10年来的最高数字”。欧盟委员会还在抵制各国政府在将欧盟立法转化为国家法律时附加额外要求，这一概念被称为“镀金”。欧盟委员会预计将在年底前与欧盟各国政府签署一项“反镀金协定”。
Brussels is also turning the screws on EU governments by pressuring them to implement laws properly. According to the report, the Commission launched 874 infringement procedures between August 2025 and July 2026, which is "the highest number in the last 10 years." The Commission is also pushing back on governments piling on extra requirements when transposing European legislation into national law, a concept known as "gold-plating." The executive expects to sign a "pact against gold-plating" with EU governments by the end of the year.
东布罗夫斯基斯呼吁欧盟委员会与成员国在简化问题上进行“共同努力”。他警告称，简化的政治诉求并不总是反映在各国政府对立法文件的国家立场中。
Dombrovskis called for a "joint effort" on simplification between the Commission and member countries. The political demand for simplification is not always reflected in governments' national positions on legislative files, he warned.
自启动简化行动以来，布鲁塞尔对欧盟各国首都的挫败感日益加深，理由是：虽然欧盟领导人在政治层面呼吁更多简化，但各国政府在谈判中不断削弱欧盟委员会削减繁文缛节的提案。
Since the start of its simplification drive, Brussels has grown increasingly frustrated with EU capitals, arguing that while EU leaders call for more simplification at a political level, governments keep watering down the Commission's proposals to cut red tape during negotiations.
东布罗夫斯基斯说：“这就是为什么我们面临风险，一些综合法案在立法程序结束时，实现的简化程度将远低于欧盟委员会的提案。”
"That's why we risk that some of the omnibuses will end the legislative process with substantially less simplification than the Commission has proposed," the Dombrovskis said.
欧盟各机构一直在探索如何利用人工智能技术制定法律，但一些决策者一直在敦促谨慎行事。周三，欧洲议会议长梅措拉敦促议员们在决策中采用人工智能技术时要谨慎，理由是这不应取代批判性思维，立法必须保持“民主问责制”。
EU institutions have been figuring out how to use AI technologies to make laws, but some decision-makers have been urging caution. On Wednesday, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola urged lawmakers to be careful when adopting AI technologies in decision-making, arguing it should not replace critical thinking and that there must be “democratic accountability” in lawmaking.