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EU’s path to decarbonising without deindustrialising
On 2 October, we brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to address a pressing question: How can the EU achieve its ambitious climate and energy targets while remaining internatio...
Preserving Europe’s industrial base must be at the forefront of the next EU Cycle
After years of consecutive crises, European businesses find themselves at a structural disadvantage vis-à-vis global competitors as a consequence of high energy prices, a mounting regulatory burden,...
BusinessEurope policy priorities for 2024-2029: R&I, Sustainable Finance, Environment & Circular Economy
As a new legislative term begins, BusinessEurope is putting forward policy priorities across the areas of R&I, Sustainable Finance, the environment, and the circular economy. The overarching goal...
How to unlock European competitiveness by leveraging investment and trade
In a panel discussion at the Salzburg Summit 2024, organised by our member, the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), Director General Markus J. Beyrer emphasised the need for rapid political action...
BusinessEurope is launching a call for subcontracted expertise
BusinessEurope, SGI Europe, SMEunited and ETUC are launching a call for tender for sub-contracted expertise to facilitate an up-coming project on skills matching, which is funded via the European Comm...
How to create a new Single Market for a new world order?
"Europe's global influence comes from its economic strength and openness", BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson said at this year's edition of our German member federation BDI's flagship event "Da...
How to reignite the EU’s economy: Debate with Austrian industry
Speaking on 18 June at the Industry Reception 2024, organised by our member Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), Director General Markus J. Beyrer emphasised the need for enhancing investment condi...
BusinessEurope team stands together to encourage everyone to #UseYourVote
Europe Day held on 9 May celebrates peace and unity in Europe. This year, just a month before the European elections, it is an especially important occasion to reflect on the direction the EU should t...
Transatlantic Business Works Summit
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BusinessEurope co-hosted the 5th Transatlantic Business Works Summit on April 23, 2024, at the Chamber’s headquarters in Washington. This year’s theme, “Driving...
The WTO matters for businesses
The World Trade Organization (WTO) brings concrete advantages for companies, it provides legal certainty and stability in times of geopolitical tensions and increasing risks. At an event organised by...
Strong industry call for a European Industrial Deal
Today, industry leaders convened in Antwerp to discuss how to restore Europe’s competitiveness with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. A...
TTC in Washington DC: Creating a transatlantic marketplace for sustainable goods
On 31 January, in the context of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and the Transatlantic Initiative on Sustainable Trade (TIST) in Washington, BusinessEurope and the US Chamber organis...
It’s time to build on our biggest asset – the EU Single Market
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a high-level debate on European competitiveness and the future of the Internal Market. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer repr...
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EU Council: Strengthening EU’s economy to play a stronger role in the world
Today’s challenging geopolitical environment calls for action and decisive EU leadership. To mitigate geopolitical risks, it is key to build a more resilient economy. The European Council on 14-15 D...
Message ahead of EU-China Summit: De-risk while remaining engaged
China is one of the EU’s major trading partners, but the relationship is facing increasing challenges. It is important to address these issues, especially the unbalanced market access and the heavy...
EU Single Market: How can we make it priority number one again?
What are the main challenges in the EU Single Market? What's needed to revive it? Six major EU business associations – BusinessEurope, DigitalEurope, Eurochambres, EuroCommerce, ERT and SMEunited -...
EU-US Summit: we must urgently address outstanding issues
Ahead of today’s EU-US Summit, a BusinessEurope delegation, led by our President Fredrik Persson and Director General Markus J. Beyrer, went on a mission to the USA. The aim was to underline the imp...
We need better regulation to move ahead
850 new regulatory obligations directed towards companies, representing more than 5,000 pages of legislation, have been produced during the last 5 years at EU level. “This is not the way you make Eu...
Priorities to enhance EU-Türkiye relations
The EU de-risking strategy should involve closer economic integration with countries in our neighbourhood, including Türkiye. Our industrial supply chains are already deeply intertwined but the regul...
Warm welcome to our new Ukrainian members!
The Federation of Employers of Ukraine and the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs will join BusinessEurope as Observers on 1 October. Welcoming the new members President Fredrik Persson said: “Warm we...
Discussion with MEPs: How trade policy can best support European competitiveness
The EU is the top trading partner for 80 countries. Trade policy has been instrumental in supporting the EU’s competitiveness and presence in the world for decades – highlighted our Director Gener...
Three conditions to make Europe more competitive and stronger in the world
To have an investment-conducive regulatory environment; to remain open; and to strike the right balance between protecting our security and safeguarding our economy - these were the three major condit...
SOTEU: Business welcomes renewed attention to economic challenges
In the State of the Union 2023 speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a renewed attention to economic challenges. European businesses welcome this initiative and highligh...