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EU and US need to work together on key international issues like trade and sanctions
EU business leaders meet Secretary of US Treasury Steven Mnuchin
Today, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer met the Secretary of US Treasury Steven Mnuchin, as part of the Global Busines...
A trade war is not the answer to the challenges of globalisation
We have an international order, and not only on trade, that is based on multilateralism. It is based on the assumption that countries will respect the rules and institutions that they helped to create...
Talks with French President Emmanuel Macron
“After five years of growth, we are now in the strongest period of post-crisis recovery, and we are witnessing an overall positive political situation in Europe. What is sure is that if we want this...
Bulgaria’s turn to hold the presidency of the Council
On 1 January 2018, a decade after it became a member of the European Union, Bulgaria took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time. With the motto “united we...
Why completing Banking Union in 2018 is a priority for EU businesses
Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union and in particular completing the banking union is likely to be a key topic for discussion amongst EU policy-makers in 2018, and we hope that EU leaders will b...
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We wish you a merry Christmas,
a festive holiday season
and all the best for 2018...
New partnership aims to facilitate labour market integration of refugees
“Many refugees have been granted the right to stay in Europe in the last years. They should be supported in their efforts to be active on labour markets as quickly as possible. Obtaining results is...
Advisory and Support Group CEO Event 2017
On 21 November, President Emma Marcegaglia, Director General Markus J. Beyrer, three Vice-Presidents of BusinessEurope and CEOs of its Advisory and Support Group gathered in Brussels and met EU leader...
Business vision on European social policy
At the Gothenburg social summit for fair jobs and growth co-hosted today by the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Emma Marcegaglia, BusinessEurope...
COP23 – Business acts alongside negotiators to implement the Paris climate Agreement
The icy temperatures of Bonn are making room for rays of sunshine as we’re nearing the end of COP24. Is that a harbinger for the progress the business community is hoping the negotiators to make? Be...
Preparing for the next Council presidency
A few weeks before Bulgaria takes its turn in holding the EU presidency, Markus J. Beyrer met Emil Karanikolov, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Council presidency comes at a decis...
COP23 – It’s started!
The Bonn Climate Change Conference opened today and will continue until 17 November, under the Presidency of Fiji. The conference is actually a combination of six meetings:
The twenty-third sessi...
Europe needs ambitious trade agenda & partnership for social reforms
Today at the Tripartite Social Summit in Brussels, BusinessEurope's President Emma Marcegaglia stressed that the EU needs to become more attractive for investment and to maintain a fair and ambiti...
President Tusk meets BusinessEurope ahead of the October European Council meeting
On the eve of the Tripartite Social Summit on 18 October 2017, President Emma Marcegaglia and Director General Markus J. Beyrer met the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. They conveyed Bu...
More EU innovation should lead to more EU business success
How to ensure that Europe as an inventor of ground-breaking new technologies will also commercially benefit from its own innovative technologies? How to adapt the EU’s research policy in this respec...
Discussing the prospects of the transatlantic cooperation
“The digital economy is a good example of a field where close cooperation between the EU and the US holds high potential for growth, jobs and innovation”, said BusinessEurope Director Gene...
International experts share good practices on trade
BusinessEurope organised a trade seminar gathering international experts to discuss current challenging trade issues and topics on 9 October at its headquarters in Brussels. “Trade will be enhan...
Industry transforms knowledge into innovation
"Our society faces multiple complex and immediate challenges that impact a citizen’s quality of life: from climate change and mobility to urbanisation and an ageing population. Research and...
EFNI debates global challenges and new European landscape
“I am convinced that it is possible to reconcile multilateral, rules-based globalisation, bilateral cooperation, and patriotism, without giving in to nationalism and protectionism”, said B...
First annual EU-China CEO and Former Officials’ dialogue
BusinessEurope and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) on 21-22 September in Beijing co-hosted the first dialogue between business leaders, former officials and lea...
Adapting labour markets to embrace digital change
“To embrace benefits of digitalisation, all Member States need to achieve employment regulations that are sufficiently flexible to help companies create jobs and adapt to changing economic circu...
New opportunities thanks to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement
Expected to be ratified in 2018, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is one of the most ambitious agreements the European Union has ever negotiated with a developing country. A reflection on its...
Building a strong, modern European industrial strategy
In times of fast technological progress, and a fast-changing political and economic context at the global level, Europe must be ready to face the impacts of these changes and support its industry. Wit...
MEDEF Summer University “Confidence and growth, France is the future!”
“Confidence and growth, France is the future!” was the theme of this year’s Summer University of MEDEF – BusinessEurope’s French member association. The Summer University...