Several pieces of EU legislation in sectors including banking and pharmaceuticals face severe delays because it is taking too long to translate documents, the European parliament has said.
Translators have been deluged by lengthy and complicated proposals from the European Commission in response to the war in Ukraine and in combating climate change, officials say, on top of planned reforms to the single market.
With less than a year left before the EU parliament breaks up ahead of 2024 elections, lawmakers are grappling with around 200 pieces of legislation which still require their vote. They have warned that time may be too short to approve all of them.