Press releases
Statement: “Signals of reconciliation and reassurance needed to avoid economic uncertainty” – BusinessEurope President
BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia on the result of US presidential elections:
“Signals of reconciliation and reassurance needed to avoid economic uncertainty.”
After a divisive e...
Global climate agreement: Marrakech COP22 must bring more clarity
- After Paris COP21: work on transparency, clear rules, global level-playing field -
Our updates about COP22
Today’s entry into force of the Paris COP21 global climate agreement is a positive a...
CETA moves ahead, but an effective EU trade policy must be ensured
On the agreement from all Member States to sign the CETA deal between the European Union and Canada, BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia commented:
“We welcome that a solution has finall...
EU Commission’s CCCTB proposals need careful business consideration
Following the package of tax proposals announced by the European Commission today, including a new proposal for a CCCTB (Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base),
BusinessEurope Director General Marku...
EU recovery continues despite challenges
Launching BusinessEurope’s Autumn Economic Outlook today, Director General Markus J. Beyrer commented:
‘Our Autumn Economic Outlook shows that European business expects the EU’s economic recove...
ETS vote: Step forward but not enough to avoid investment leakage
Today the European Parliament’s Industry committee (ITRE) voted on the European Commission’s proposal for the reform of the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). The vote amending the European Commission...
Company survey reveals risk of investment leakage
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A large majority of European companies would consider reducing investments in Europe when the EU ETS carbon price increases. BusinessEur...
Joint statement – Business groups express their continued support for TTIP negotiations
The undersigned trade associations reiterate their strong support for the ongoing negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Both the European Commission and the U.S....
TTIP negotiations must go on
The US is the EU’s largest trade and investment partner and we are in the middle of a complex bilateral negotiation. Both sides knew from the start that it would not be easy for the two leading worl...
Posting of workers: Don’t divide EU – fight illegal practices
Today the European Commission has decided to maintain unchanged its proposal from 8 March 2016 to revise the EU posting of workers directive, which is in force since 1996. The European Commission has...
EU launched third WTO case against China’s export restrictions of raw materials
Today the EU launched a new case – the third – against China’s export restrictions policy in the area of raw materials, targeting graphite, cobalt, copper, lead, chromium, magnesia, talcum, tant...
Privacy Shield will enhance legal certainty
Today the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision enacting the new transatlantic framework for data flows, the “EU-US Privacy Shield.” This adoption will support innovation and growth, a...
Innovation policy: status quo is not an option
Following today’s release of the strategic note Opportunity Now: Europe’s Mission to Innovate by the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) of the European Commission, the European business com...
BusinessEurope statement on Brexit
BusinessEurope respects the decision of the voters but regrets that the United Kingdom chose to leave the European Union.
BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia commented: "The European busin...
EU social partners should support reforms and growth to secure EU’s social model
At an extraordinary "macro-economic dialogue" today in Brussels, chaired by the President of the Eurogroup and the Economic Council, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, BUSINESSEEUROPE Director General Markus J. Bey...
Encouraging signs to strengthen the single market
Good progress on the delivery of the European Commission's Single Market Strategy was demonstrated today at a high-level conference in Amsterdam.
The Joint Initiative on Standardisation between pub...
EU must safeguard modest economic recovery…
…despite substantial uncertainty: UK, China, Schengen
Statement to EU leaders: Presidents of 40 European business federations
European business calls for UK to remain in the EU
Spring Eco...
European business calls for UK to remain – BusinessEurope statement
The Presidents of BusinessEurope and its member federations firmly wish to see the UK remain an active and positive member of the EU.
The economic recovery continues to make in-roads across Europe an...
Stimulus for e-commerce positive – but doubts on geo-blocking initiative
BUSINESSEUROPE fully supports the European Commission in its efforts to increase cross-border e-commerce and further develop the digital economy. The package presented today is timely because while e-...
Take EU Commission reform recommendations seriously
Following the release today by the European Commission of its 2016 country-specific reform recommendations, BUSINESSEUROPE Director General Markus J. Beyrer commented: "In recent years our members hav...
Important signal: No automatic China market economy status
BUSINESSEUROPE welcomes the resolution of the European Parliament with about 80 per cent of votes against an automatically conceded “market economy status” (MES) to China.
BUSINESSEUROPE Director...
Yellow card: don’t revise EU directive on posting of workers
National parliaments in more than one third of the EU member states have invoked a "yellow card" opposing the European Commission’s proposal to revise the EU posting of workers directive.
In their...
Commission’s economic forecast underscores the need for policies supporting long-term growth
Following the release of the European Commission’s Spring Economic Forecast this morning, BUSINESSEUROPE Director General Markus J. Beyrer made the following comment:
“The picture pain...