BUSINESSEUROPE plays a crucial role in Europe as the main horizontal business organisation at EU level. Through its 40 member federations, BUSINESSEUROPE represents 20 million companies from 34 countries. Its main task is to ensure that companies' interests are represented and defended vis-ŕ-vis the European institutions with the principal aim of preserving and strengthening corporate competitiveness. BUSINESSEUROPE is active in the European social dialogue to promote the smooth functioning of labour markets.

In a large policy document presented on 4 February 2010, BUSINESSEUROPE and all its members propose an agenda for the European Union in 2010-2014. Go for growth should be more than just a slogan. It should inspire every political decision.
BUSINESSEUROPE counts on the EU institutions to implement this agenda for sustainable growth. Companies for their part bring their contribution to achieve a dynamic and innovative resource-efficient economy.

The political message by Jürgen R. Thumann and Philippe de Buck The crisis has generated many questions Going back to the fundamental values of the economy Go for growth should be more than a slogan Development of companies is central The post-crisis world will be different The key to success   Download the chapter (.pdf/243 kB).

	Five key challenges Get out of the crisis Tackle demographic ageing Fight climate change Ensure access to energy and raw materials Strengthen Europe's role in the global economy   Download chapter (.pdf/844 kB)
	Four conditions for recovery Stabilise financial markets Return to sound public finances Speed up structural reforms Keep markets open  Key policy recommendations   Download chapter (.pdf/660 kB)
	Three drivers of business opportunities Revitalise the single market Put in place an ambitious international trade policy Support innovation, research and education  Key policy recommendations   Download chapter (.pdf/358 kB)
	Two ingredients for boosting employment Promote job creation Increase the supply of skilled workers  Key policy recommendations   Download chapter (.pdf/526 kB)
	One integrated policy for entrepreneurship and industry Go for growth  Key policy recommendations   Download chapter (.pdf/313 kB)

• "My policy is to go for growth" - Gordon Brown during an interview by Reuters, 11/02/2010
• "First priority must be to restore robust growth" - Over 20 British and American universities, incl. LSE, Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, in Financial Times, 19/02/2010
• "Nous avons du mal ŕ relever notre croissance potentielle, qui n'est que de 2%, un niveau insuffisant pour parvenir au plein emploi" - Jacques Delors, in l'Echo, 19/02/2010
• "A kormányfo három nemzeti cél kituzését javasolta: elsonek a magyar euró bevezetését, másodiknak a foglalkoztatás bovítését, a harmadiknak pedig a gyors gazdasági növekedés beindítását jelölte meg." - Gordon Bajnai, speaking in the Hungarian Parliament, 22/02/2010
• "Europa muss eine Strategie für das Wachstum finden" - Bernard de Montferrand, in Handelsblatt, 25/03/2010
• "The world and Europe ... need a return to robust growth." - Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, in Financial Times, 25/05/2010
• "Hungary Goes for Growth" - editorial, in The Wall Stree Journal, 15/06/2010
• "Europe must focus on growth as well as cutting spending..." - Timothy Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, in BBC News, 25/06/2010
• "What is needed to put Europe back on track is to go for growth" - José Manuel Barroso, at European Business Summit, Presidents' Debate, 30/06/2010