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Business confidence shows strong improvement since mid-2016
The European Commission today published their latest estimates on business confidence for the Euro-area. The release underlines that European business is increasingly confident about economic prospect...
CETA’s provisional application starts in September
On 21 September 2017, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) will provisionally enter into force. A vast majority of the deal is of exclusive EU competence. Pr...
Investment: how is the EU progressing?
A key priority for the European Commission should be on increasing investment in Europe. Investment as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) started to pick up gradually as of 2014, after it exp...
EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: full implementation of a landmark deal
On 1 September 2017, the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will enter fully into force. Signed on 27 June 2014 and ratified by the European Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada - the parliament of Ukraine -...
Unemployment at its lowest since financial crisis
Eurostat’s latest unemployment figures, released today, show that the average unemployment rate in the EU was 7.7% in June, remaining stable compared to May. Compared to the same month last year...
BusinessEurope’s priorities for the Estonian Presidency
Presenting BusinessEurope’s priorities for the Estonian Presidency to Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: “Europe must grasp the opportunity presented by the improv...
Strengthening cooperation between business organisations in EU and Latin America
“Our organisations should work together to enhance companies’ role in very promising areas where the EU and Latin America could and should intensify cooperation by promoting inclusive and...
BusinessEurope and Keidanren hold the 6th sector-to-sector meeting
Opening the event, Markus J. Beyrer said: “This shows our joint commitment to regulatory dialogue and regulatory cooperation that is so important in the EU-Japan trade and investment relations. Japa...
Inclusiveness is key in shift to circular economy in Europe
“Member states have to engage effectively with businesses, each other and the EU institutions to make sure that circular economy is not just a Brussels discussion. In this context, it is vital t...
President Marcegaglia meets Commissioner Moedas
“EU industry and business strongly support the objective and architecture of Horizon 2020. For its next period, the EU framework programme must build on its achievements, in particular the three-pil...
EU-China Business Summit: We have common interests – but rules must be respected
At this year's EU-China Business Summit 2017 in Brussels, leaders have expressed their strong common interests, namely to improve mutually beneficial trade relations. But the summit was...
Beyrer in St. Petersburg: important to sustain dialogue with Russian partners
“Despite current political challenges, which we cannot overlook, the EU and Russia remain partners and should find ways to cooperate on issues of common interest”, Markus J. Beyrer, Direct...
Business fully on board with the circular economy
“We need to understand the challenges of the resource-intensive industries and the small and medium-sized enterprises when moving to a circular economy. BusinessEurope wants to highlight these chall...
Europe in a New World – Strategy to Thrive
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer was, together with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Spanish Minister of Economy Luis de Guindos Jurado, among the keynote speakers of the...
A new narrative for Europe
“Compared to last year, today a more positive mood is emerging”, BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia said at the opening plenary session of the European Business Summit in Brussels....
European Business Summit kicked off today
The 12th edition of the European Business Summit started today in Egmont Palace, Brussels around the theme “What’s next for Europe?”. The 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome provi...
Markus J. Beyrer at Digital Conference in Athens
On 12 May, Director General Markus J. Beyrer spoke at a two-day conference on a “Digital Strategy for Greece – Path to Growth” organised by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SE...
EU-Japan FTA negotiations moving forward
“BusinessEurope follows these negotiations very closely; we believe there is a lot of potential for both sides in an ambitious and comprehensive free-trade agreement”, Markus J. Beyrer, Di...
B20 delivers strong recommendations in the area of trade and investment
The Germany B20 Summit that took place in Berlin on 2 and 3 May was the culmination of almost a year’s efforts of the business community to prepare recommendations on a broad global agenda, incl...
Innovative solutions for sustainable working lives recognised at the EU-OSHA Good Practice Awards ceremony
In the run-up to the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards ceremony is held in Valletta, Malta. Organised by the European Agency for Safety a...
EU GDP above pre-crisis level, but more to be done to reduce unemployment
The end of the first quarter provides a good opportunity to take stock and look back at how the EU economy is currently performing:
First, EU businesses remain confident despite ch...
12th EU-China Business Summit – registration is open
The 12th edition of the EU-China Business Summit will take place on 2 June in Brussels in parallel to the political EU-China summit. The summit will gather around 500 business leaders from China and E...
B7 Business leaders meeting in Rome
BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia in Rome for the B7 Summit 2017. Discussions are held at the highest political level with the participation of the Italian Prime Minister Paolo Genti...
Preliminary reaction to the triggering of Article 50
The UK has now notified officially its decision to leave the European Union and triggered article 50. BusinessEurope and its 40 member federations from 34 European countries have published a “Pr...