WhoShapedIt EU Inc

EU Inc (the 28th regime) · 2026/0074(COD)

How Employee Ownership Ireland lobbied on EU Inc

Supports, with changes
NGO · GBR

Supports embedding broad-based majority employee ownership in the 28th-Regime but wants clear provisions for collective employee-ownership models and careful distinction from stock-option schemes.

1 submission to the Commission. Summaries are AI-written; the quotes are theirs, checked word for word.

What they asked for

  1. Who can use it?

    Wants changes
    Call for evidence (2025) · 30 Sep 2025

    Embed broad-based majority employee ownership in the 28th-Regime with clear provisions for collective employee-ownership (trust-based) models.

    “EOI supports the EOAs call to ensure the 28th-Regime recognises broad-based, majority employee ownership (EO) as a proven succession solution not merely a stock-option incentive.”

    Feedback, 2025-09-30
  2. How do shares and employee stock options work?

    Wants changes
    Call for evidence (2025) · 30 Sep 2025

    Collect and report data that distinguishes stock-option schemes from employee-ownership models to guide policy accurately.

    “Collect and report data that distinguishes stock-option schemes from employee-ownership models to guide policy accurately.”

    Feedback, 2025-09-30
    Wants changes
    Call for evidence (2025) · 30 Sep 2025

    Recognise that stock-option plans do not shift control or long-term stewardship of the company and design incentives so option plans complement rather than compete with employee ownership.

  3. Do workers keep a say on the board?

    Wants changes
    Call for evidence (2025) · 30 Sep 2025

    Encourage member states to promote employee ownership for succession planning to keep firms productive and locally rooted.

    “Encourage member states to promote EO for succession planning, ensuring firms remain productive and locally rooted.”

    Feedback, 2025-09-30

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