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Director General Beyrer met Central and Eastern European industry and employer federations
“A strong regional cooperation between equal partners in Europe is of mutual benefit for each of the countries concerned and for our continent as a whole”, said Director General Mark...
Completing Capital Markets Union key to long-term EU investment
“Capital markets are fragmented and regulated differently across the EU. This is a problem as it hinders cross-border capital flows. We must urgently implement many of the excellent proposals in...
Fostering productivity and engagement at the workplace
Tackling stress and psychosocial risks at work is important if we want workers to be productive and engaged. And both employers and workers have responsibilities here. This was the key message given b...
Companies depend on efficient transport networks
“Europe must ensure sufficient investment in the infrastructure of tomorrow. The efficiency of our transport networks directly affects trade flows and the EU economy as a whole”, Markus J. Beyrer...
European Commission to reopen posting of workers directive? Better not!
The business community deplores the European Commission’s decision to include a targeted revision of the posting of workers directive as part of its work programme for 2016. The Commission should dr...
Forward and onwards to Paris
The final five days negotiating session (ADP 2.11) prior to COP-21 in Paris closed on Friday 23 October in Bonn with an agreement to forward the revised non-paper to serve as the basis for further neg...
European Commissioner Bieńkowska addressed Executive Committee of BusinessEurope
One week before the adoption of the single market strategy, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs outlined the main avenues of this...
Industry expects Paris climate summit to be a deal-breaker, Beyrer tells Polish minister
The Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the COP21 Paris climate summit were the main topics discussed with Polish minister Marcin Korolec. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer highlighted th...
President Marcegaglia: “Europe must take urgent and concrete steps to boost its industrial competitiveness”
“European companies believe in the European Union. They are keen to invest in our continent. But to do so, they need a dynamic and business-friendly environment”, BusinessEurope Presi...
Last stop before Paris
The final five negotiating days started in Bonn on Monday 19 October to produce a final negotiating text to allow nations to reach an agreement on the new treaty to protect the climate at COP-21 in Pa...
President Marcegaglia: ‘We must do our utmost to safeguard EU’s economic recovery’
“We should not make the mistake of easing up on reforms whilst growth is temporarily supported by a low oil price and a relatively low euro exchange. We’d pay for it sooner than later&rdqu...
New trade and investment strategy – an ambitious vision
BUSINESSEUROPE sees the new trade and investment strategy as a positive step to ensure Europe remains at the centre stage of world trade and investment. The emphasis on global value chains, services,...
Climate summit in Paris: BusinessEurope delegation in Washington, D.C.
What are the EU business community key expectations from an agreement at the climate summit in Paris? Olivier Imbault, Chair of BusinessEurope Energy and Climate Working Group, led a delegation to Was...
Climate change: exchanging views with new IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee
On a tour of European institutions in Brussels, Hoesung Lee was received by BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer, for a first exchange of views with business after his election as the new...
EU Ministers put planned railway legislation on right track
Europe’s need for a better connected and more efficient railway system has led the EU Transport Ministers today in Luxembourg to agree on the “market pillar” of the currently negotiated 4th EU r...
Recent perspectives for a global climate deal
The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) process is key for a successful agreement at the international climate summit in Paris in December 2015. Business expects from it more cla...
Towards a new energy market design
When establishing a Europe-wide electricity market – a goal supported by European business – the top priority must be security of supply and affordable prices for consumers, both industry...
BusinessEurope in Ukraine
Meeting Aivaras Abromavičius, Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer discussed the path of reforms in the country ahead of the entry in...
EU and USA must urgently provide revised ‘Safe Harbour’
‘A disruption of cross-border data flow could seriously affect Europe’s transatlantic trade with the USA.’ Reacting to today’s judgement of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on the S...
TPP conclusion: positive for EU negotiations with Japan and the USA
BUSINESSEUROPE welcomes the announcement in Atlanta of the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. ‘The conclusion of TPP’, Director General Markus J. Beyrer said, ‘is a sig...
Restrictions on economic freedoms is not the way forward
During the closing session of the European Forum for New Ideas, a declaration prepared by Lewiatan – BusinessEurope's Polish member federation – was handed out to Donald Tusk, Presiden...
Markus J. Beyrer discusses ETS reform with ministers
BUSINESSEUROPE firmly supports the EU ETS as the best instrument to further incentivise carbon emissions reduction from industry. This was a message given today by Markus J. Beyrer at a lunch of the C...
TTIP and opportunities in health care
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership may increase the diversity and availability of health care services. The private sector is leader in bringing solutions, investing in research and de...
President Marcegaglia: “reduce inequalities through higher growth and employment”
Speaking at the opening gala session of the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot, President Marcegaglia said “achieving higher growth and employment is essential to reduce inequalities. And it...