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Employee stock options and the EU-ESO, read for founders

Options are the thing Europe gets most wrong. What the 28th regime's EU-ESO (Articles 78 and 79) would change, what it would not, and why it is a timing fix rather than a tax cut. Read against the Council's member-state drafting suggestions and the 43 amendments Parliament has tabled on the chapter.

The 28th regime, rewritten: inside the European Parliament's draft report

The European Parliament's draft report on the 28th regime (rapporteur René Repasi, PE790.143v01-00, 29 June 2026) runs 151 pages and 246 amendments. Inside: Article 4 deleted, a labour-law firewall, a numeric startup test, a listing ban, steward ownership, and a new employee ownership plan.

How you would actually form a 28th regime company

The pitch is a company in 48 hours for 100 euros. Here is the real process the proposal describes (Articles 16 to 18), what runs underneath it, and what you would still have to decide yourself.

Converting a national company to the 28th regime

What the proposal (Article 21) actually lets an existing company do: convert into the 28th regime, or back out to a national form. And the one thing it does not do.

First public country groupings on the 28th regime

Three things moved on EU Inc. in the last week of May 2026. COMPET produced the first public country-by-country picture of where Member States actually sit. Rene Repasi (S&D, Germany) was formally confirmed as JURI rapporteur. The EU-INC community published its full position paper.

EU Inc. last week, Session 4, JURI, and the LawFin workshop

Three things moved on EU Inc. between 4 and 7 May 2026. The Council Working Party held its longest session yet on the file. Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee, JURI, heard the proposal directly from Commissioner McGrath. And the 7th LawFin Workshop produced the most concentrated academic review of the proposal so far.