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EU-U.S. TTC: it is important to achieve concrete deliverables
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer participated in the stakeholder roundtable of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Paris. Together with high-level participants from both...
Discussion with Members of the Ukrainian Parliament
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer met a delegation of Members of the Ukrainian Parliament. It was an opportunity to reiterate our strong condemnation of Russia’s aggression against Uk...
Current challenges to world trade: debate with MEP Bernd Lange
How the war in Ukraine will impact global trade and how geopolitical tensions will influence the EU trade policy and its relations with major trading partners were some of the topics dis...
Dealing with Ukrainian refugee crisis not losing sight of EU economic migration policy goals
Three million Ukrainian nationals have fled the war in Ukraine already. Employers’ organisations and companies are ready to do what they can to help Ukrainian refugees with their labour market integ...
Social partners have a key role to adapt labour markets to the twin digital and green transitions
Speaking at the informal meeting of ministers for work, employment and social affairs (EPSCO) in Bordeaux, BusinessEurope Director of Social Affairs Maxime Cerutti pointed out that Europe's policy res...
Unitary Patent agreement finally entered into force
Intellectual property is a key element of the EU's industrial policy to support innovation and achieve the objectives of the digital and climate twin transitions.
European businesses* welcome the lon...
With our best wishes
We wish you a festive season full of serenity and hope for a happy and healthy year 2022....
Economic policy makers need to think long-term in 2022
A comment by James Watson, BusinessEurope Director of Economics
There's an old saying that forecasting is difficult because it involves the future. But whilst the pandemic has made efforts to predict...
Exchanges on business priorities in view of the Czech EU Presidency
"We had good exchanges on business priorities and how to strengthen the EU Single Market and trade policy – which is promising", BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said after a meeting...
Business calling for the right balance on future corporate governance and due diligence rules
Business is in favour of actions to support and encourage companies in the transition towards more sustainability. However, at the end of the road, it is essential that all these initiatives (from tax...
Future of Europe
At the inaugural plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe, Director General Markus J. Beyrer laid out our expectations for this exercise. He argued that if we want to maintain our...
Boehringer Ingelheim: The Health Navigator programme
On 9 June, during the Healthy Workplaces Campaign Partner Good Practice Exchange event which was held online, Hansjörg Hagels, Head Occupational Safety Germany at Boehringer Ingelheim, focused on how...
Ensuring that the green and digital transitions bring real growth and employment
Europe is faced with the worst crisis since World War II. It is very important to have an effective roadmap to overcome this crisis and at the same time effectively strengthen the position of Europe i...
Exchange on the way forward for taxonomy and sustainable finance
"The renewed sustainable finance strategy will be an evolution, not a revolution - combining some of the EU's existing measures, as well as some new proposals", Peter Power, Head of Cabinet for Europe...
Climate Dialogues webinar 2 explores potential for industry cooperation
"We need to invest in the right projects at the right time to ensure competitiveness and reach the climate targets", said Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Director at the Directorate-General for Internal Mar...
Trust is key for the industrial renaissance in Europe
"Europe is well placed to leverage future growth opportunities. We must have a vision of where we want to go. And an enthusiastic vision" – underlined BusinessEurope President Pierre Gattaz at the p...
Invitation – Climate Dialogues webinar – Sustainable finance: How can it best help the transition?
When? on 27 May 2021, 15.00-16.30 (Brussels time)
With the publication of the delegated acts on climate change mitigation and adaptation, the European Commission has set one of the centrepieces of it...
Invitation – Climate Dialogues webinar – Industry cooperation: Being stronger together
When? on 21 May 2021, 16.00-17.00 (Brussels time)
BusinessEurope recently kicked off its "Climate dialogues: HOW to reach climate neutrality?". As part of the initiative, we are pleased to invite you...
Siemens: MSDs and mobile working
Mobile working - Tackling the risks of musculoskeletal diseases
Digitalization has changed our way of working and opened numerous opportunities to work from anywhere and at any time. COVID-19 has acc...
Discussing EU Slovenian Presidency priorities in social affairs
The EU Recovery and Resilience Facility offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform our economies by boosting productivity, growth and competitiveness. Now is the time to make the next step...
Boosting skills training provision across Europe: the Commission should partner with business
Employers are main providers and, by and large, the main contributors to employee job-related trainings across Europe. The European Commission should partner with business to design a useful European...
Energy scenarios towards a climate-neutral EU
Energy transition was at the center of discussion at our first interactive Climate Dialogues seminar organised by BusinessEurope. Moderated by Frits de Groot, Director Energy & Climate at VNO-NCW,...
Discussing CBAM: We must ensure our companies’ competitiveness
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer participated in a roundtable to discuss the preparations for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) with Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Director Ge...
Invitation – Climate Dialogues webinar – Energy scenarios towards a climate-neutral EU
When? on 16 March 2021, 15.00-17.05 (Brussels time)
As part of our initiative "Climate dialogues: HOW to reach climate neutrality?", we are pleased to invite you to our first interactive webinar...