Press releases
TPP conclusion: positive for EU negotiations with Japan and the USA
BUSINESSEUROPE welcomes the announcement in Atlanta of the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The agreement includes 12 Pacific Rim nations from Canada and Chile to Japan and...
EU and USA must urgently provide revised “Safe Harbour”
“A disruption of cross-border data flow could seriously affect Europe’s transatlantic trade with the USA.”
Reacting to today’s ruling of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on the Saf...
Capital Markets Union: proposals will contribute to investment-led growth
Following the release of the European Commission’s action plan today on building a Capital Market Union, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: “We should urgently imple...
EU should be stronger on comparable climate efforts
Major carbon emitters to achieve global level playing field at COP21
Today's conclusions of the EU Environment Ministers meeting on the global climate negotiations and the climate summit in Paris...
TTIP should include fair investor-state dispute settlement
First reaction on EU Commission's ISDS proposal
The European Commission today released its proposal on investment protection and an investment court system in TTIP.
This is an important step to...
BusinessEurope reacts to State of the Union speech
On the occasion of today’s ‘State of the Union’ speech by European Commission President Juncker, BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia said:
On migration
“This was...
Clarifying statement by the President and Director General of BusinessEurope
BusinessEurope has recently been named and shamed as an organisation trying to undermine climate change policies. A group of Corporate and Social Responsibility driven investors is claiming that we ar...