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Restricting free movement of workers is not the right answer to Europe’s employment problems
“BUSINESSEUROPE has noted the decision of the Swiss voters to control immigration. While fully respecting the democratic decision of the Swiss people, it is clear that this decision poses a serious...
EU-US Trade: European business calls for ambition and pace ahead of talks next week
Ahead of the EU-US trade talks to take place in Washington DC on February 17/18, BUSINESSEUROPE Director General, Markus J. Beyrer, today urged progress towards a comprehensive deal in an ambitious ti...
WTO Director General in BusinessEurope
WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo met BusinessEurope Director General J. Markus J. Beyrer during his first official visit to Brussels on 12 February. Mr Beyrer reiterated EU business support towar...
Calls on EU political leaders to agree Industrial Compact to encourage investment, growth and re-shoring
BUSINESSEUROPE today published its blueprint for a comprehensive EU industrial strategy, setting out the key policy drivers that will make European industry more competitive in an ever tougher global...
British PM quotes BusinessEurope in Davos speech
The British Prime Minister David Cameron met BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia today in Davos. In his speech at the World Economic Forum David Cameron also referred to CBI, and to BusinessEuro...
Stronger signals needed to deliver industrial renaissance in Europe
Reacting to the publication on “industrial renaissance” and the “energy and climate package” proposed by the European Commission today, Markus J. Beyrer, BUSINESSEUROPE Director General said:...
BusinessEurope priorities for the Greek Presidency
BusinessEurope’s President Emma Marcegaglia, Director General Markus J. Beyrer and the Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) Dimitris Daskalopoulos met Antonis Samara...
Industrial competitiveness and the 2030 climate and energy package
In a letter written to Commission President José Manuel Barroso BUSINESSEUROPE President Emma Marcegaglia and Director General Markus J. Beyrer highlighted that the forthcoming European Commission pr...
Latvia became the newest member of the euro area
BUSINESSEUROPE Director General Markus J. Beyrer welcomed Latvia as the newest member of the Eurozone saying this makes access to the single market even easier for its businesses and encourages cross-...
Regulatory cooperation in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
In the light of the upcoming third round of TTIP negotiations, BusinessEurope has prepared a position paper highlighting the European business’ priorities for the horizontal regulatory provisions...
BusinessEurope and US business call the EU and US to act against misappropriation of trade secrets
In a joint letter sent to Commissioner Karel De Gucht and US Trade Representative Michael Froman on October 23rd 2013 BusinessEurope, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Transatl...
EP hearing on trade and economic relations with the US
On October 14th 2014, Reinhard Quick, Chairman of BusinessEurope’s working group on free-trade agreements, spoke at a hearing organised by the International Trade Committee of the European Parliame...
EU-US SME Workshop
On October 8th 2013, Senior Adviser Carsten Dannöhl spoke at the EU-US workshop on SMEs in the framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council. He argued that the chapter on regulatory cooperation in...
Markus J. Beyrer at DI Conference on TTIP, Copenhagen
On October 7th 2013, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer delivered a speech at the conference “A new era for EU-US trade”, organised by the Confederation of Danish Industry in Cope...
Business Alliance for TTIP
To give EU trade negotiators the strongest support possible for negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, several business organisations announced the creation of a Business...
Healthy Workplaces Campaign Partnership meeting: working towards a common goal
European and international organisations and companies gathered on 8 April in Brussels to discuss how to get involved in the 2014-2015 campaign, and effectively manage stress and psychosocial risks in...