Germany, which took over the rotating presidency of the EU on 1 July 2020, has a key role to play in putting the European Union on the right track to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and revitalise economic activity across the continent. In a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, the European business community expressed support for the 6 main priorities of the German Presidency. We count on Germany to deliver on those priorities by focussing on the following: a determined financial and non-financial European response to the crisis; the Green Deal as a key pillar of the recovery; facilitating innovation; ensuring that member states improve the performance of labour markets; ensuring that basic requirements under the rule of law are respected; international trade continuing to play a key role. EU funds must be used to increase the earning and job creation capacity of European business, and we need to strengthen the European single market. BusinessEurope is looking forward to working constructively with the German Presidency to overcome the crisis and ensure that Europe not only bounces back as rapidly as possible but also that the EU becomes even stronger than before the crisis. - Read the letter