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EU-CELAC summit: need to renew ties between the two regions
The third EU-CELAC summit brought together in Brussels leaders from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on 17-18 July. Speaking at the Business Round Table, Busines...
Addressing digital protectionism – What rules do we need?
Digital trade concerns all businesses – small and large, and from all sectors in the economy, from manufacturing to services. At the same time, digital protectionism – barriers that restrict cross...
The European Council to pave the way for a sound economic security strategy
As European leaders meet in Brussels today, we urge them to use all the tools at their disposal to strengthen Europe’s position in the world. They need to lower the cost of energy and reduce the reg...
Future-proof electricity market needed to reach ambitious climate targets
A future-proof electricity market that would incentivise investments in renewable and low-carbon electricity production is key to reach the EU’s ambitious climate targets and guarantee security of s...
How the Green Deal can support European competitiveness
"If properly designed, the EU Green Deal legislation can contribute to supporting the European competitiveness, considering that European businesses are frontrunners in many fields of key importance f...
Trade agreements and European competitiveness
Trade agreements can make a major contribution to European competitiveness by
supporting the EU's de-risking strategy through diversification of imports and exports,
contributing to the modernisat...
Single Market at 30: it’s time for barrier-free trade and investment in the EU
"Thirty years of the Single Market is a significant milestone to celebrate, but there are also matters of concerns due to persisting barriers and even rising fragmentation in the EU", BusinessEurope P...
Business priorities for an ambitious EU competitiveness agenda
“Future of EU: Social, competitive and sustainable” – was the theme of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Inaugural Plenary. “The most pressing challenge is the competitiveness...
BusinessEurope is launching a call for subcontracted expertise
BusinessEurope is launching a call for subcontracted expertise to facilitate coordination with EU-level sectoral employer social partners on matters related to social dialogue, collective bargaining...
Towards an alternative approach on European works councils
The European Works Councils Directive, as recast in 2009, provides a good legal framework for the functioning of European works councils. It offers social partners at company level the space to negoti...
Critical Raw Materials Act: what is essential to support competitiveness
European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis organised a roundtable to exchange views with business ahead of the publication of the Critical Raw Materials Act in March. "To support...
Trade policy is key to support the EU’s international competitiveness
The EU needs an ambitious trade agenda to support its international competitiveness. We need more and better access to key raw materials and more export opportunities for our companies to and from fas...
With our best wishes
We wish you a merry Christmas, a festive holiday season, and a peaceful new year....
European Year of Skills should foster systemic reform of education and training systems
BusinessEurope welcomes the focus of the proposed European Year of skills 2023 on lifelong learning, and with the aim of boosting competitiveness, participation in training and talent in line with cha...
Business leaders exchange views with the European Commission
BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson, Director General Markus J. Beyrer and 30 business leaders from our Advisory and Support Group met with the political leadership of the European Commission in...
BusinessEurope in Washington: “Transatlantic relationship has never been so important”
As a testimonial of the importance of the transatlantic relationship, the first visit of Fredrik Persson as BusinessEurope’s President was to Washington D.C. this week. The agenda included meet...
Labour and skills shortages remain a crucial issue
Labour and skills shortages put additional pressure on labour markets as a growing number of companies depends on a shrinking number of workers, which results in a fierce competition for talent and hi...
Discussing EU-China relations
"EU-China relations have become more challenging recently. On the one hand, European companies are still confronted with significant asymmetries in our trade and investment relations. On the other han...
On a mission to Prague
Tackling skyrocketing energy prices and finding ways to mitigate them is an urgent matter of survival for both European industries and households. Together with SPCR Vice-President Radek Spicar, Busin...
BusinessEurope, ETUC, SGI Europe and SMEunited are launching a call for subcontracted expertise
BusinessEurope, ETUC, SGI Europe and SMEunited are launching a call for subcontracted expertise to create, develop and take care of the maintenance of a digital tool and produce video/communication...
BusinessEurope is mourning the passing of its former President Jürgen Thumann
Jürgen Thumann, who was President of BusinessEurope from 2009 to 2013, passed on 11 August 2022 shortly before his 81st birthday. He was a real entrepreneur, a great President of BusinessEurope and a...
Chemicals regulation: from European industry to society
"The revision of the chemicals regulation needs to be very well calibrated and strike the right balance between the necessary ambition and the need to avoid irreversible collateral damage on our indus...
Towards a meaningful EU social dialogue initiative
The upcoming social dialogue initiative of the European Commission is an important opportunity to take stock of the progress made and initiate new actions to further develop social dialogue at EU and...
Macroeconomic Dialogue – EU economy entering difficult phase
“Higher global prices for energy, raw materials and food are all driving EU inflation and putting pressure on businesses and households alike. As a net importer of energy, we cannot escape the fact...