Press releases
Union of Skills: a key milestone in addressing the EU’s skills and labour shortages
5 March 2025 - BusinessEurope has reacted to today’s launch of the Union of Skills initiative. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Addressing the skills and labour shortages...
1st EU Omnibus: A positive step towards making it easier to do business in Europe
26 February 2025 - The launch of the first Simplification Omnibus marks a significant milestone in making Europe a better place for doing business.
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...
Clean Industrial Deal is the right direction, but Commission must ‘walk the talk’
26 February 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes that, with today’s publication of the Clean Industrial Deal and the Action Plan on Affordable Energy, the European Commission has recognised the need to...
European Commission Work Programme 2025: Efforts to reduce regulatory burden must be bolder and faster
12 February 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to reinforcing Europe’s competitiveness and its ambition for a "bolder, simpler and faster Union" in its 2025 Work...
Better regulation
BusinessEurope welcomes Competitiveness Compass and urges its swift translation into concrete action
29 January 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes the release of the EU Competitiveness Compass, as it is a clear signal that the EU is committed to strengthening Europe’s economy and the companies driving...
Better regulation
BusinessEurope proposes targeted actions to comprehensively reduce regulatory burden
22 January 2025 - BusinessEurope has issued an urgent call to comprehensively reduce the growing regulatory burden on companies operating in the EU.
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...
Europe needs an urgent reboot to restore its competitiveness
15 January 2025 - Today, BusinessEurope released its business priorities for the next EU cycle with the publication of "Reboot Europe: Europe’s economic success – everyone’s business". This will...
Bilateral relations
EU-Switzerland Agreements will ensure stability and predictability for business
20 December 2024 - The EU and Switzerland have successfully concluded negotiations on a package of agreements that allow Swiss companies’ sectoral participation in the Single Market. This inclu...
Bilateral relations
Political conclusion of EU-Mercosur agreement is a good start to the new institutional cycle
6 December 2024 - After years of challenging negotiations, the EU and Mercosur have reached a landmark political agreement—a significant step forward for companies and consumers on both sides of th...
Bilateral relations
EU-Mercosur agreement: time to get it done
3 December 2024 - This week will be critical for the EU-Mercosur agreement as negotiations are approaching the endgame, with a possible political conclusion later in the week at the Mercosur Summ...
Governance
Message to the Polish EU Presidency: A strong and competitive economy is the foundation for Europe’s security
Warsaw, 29 November 2024 - BusinessEurope’s Council of Presidents convened today in Warsaw, hosted by its Polish member the Confederation Lewiatan, just one month before the start of the Polish EU...
New EU Commission confirmed: High time to focus on Europe’s economic renaissance
27 November 2024 - BusinessEurope welcomes today’s European Parliament vote confirming the new European Commission College under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen.
BusinessEurop...
Bilateral relations
The EU must take a strategic, long-term, and unified approach to China
20 November 2024 - BusinessEurope has today published a new paper outlining its priorities for EU-China relations over the coming EU cycle. Commenting on the publication, BusinessEurope Director Gene...
EU SME strategy
European Commission still not consistently SME-proofing new legislation
Budapest, 19 November 2024 - New analysis by three leading European business associations reveals that the application of the European Commission’s ‘SME Test’ methodology across Commission serv...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
BusinessEurope welcomes the EU Commission’s eDeclaration proposal
Welcoming the EU Commission’s proposal on a single digital declaration portal for companies providing services and posting workers (called also eDeclaration), BusinessEurope Director General Markus...
Bilateral relations
U.S. Election: The Transatlantic relationship is vital for Europe and the United States
6 November 2024 - BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson has congratulated Donald Trump on his election as President of the United States, underscoring the importance of a strong Transatlantic...
Economy and finance
Economic Outlook: EU must act decisively to avoid the ‘slow agony’ of stagnation
4 November 2024 - Ahead of today’s Macroeconomic Dialogue with social partners and EU institutions, BusinessEurope has published its new Economic Outlook. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J....
Social
The EU’s social policy can and should support its competitiveness
16 October 2024 - Today, BusinessEurope has published its priorities for the EU’s social dimension over the next five years. This paper was presented to the European Commission President Ursula Von...
EU SME strategy
Turning Europe into an SME superpower: Business proposes a clear path forward
BusinessEurope’s SME Roadshow in Berlin featured keynote speeches from Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, and Michael Kellner, German Parliamentary State Secretary and Commissioner for...
Trade
Business calls for a proactive, creative and forward-looking EU trade agenda
11 September 2024 - In a new paper published today, BusinessEurope has stressed that the EU must use the new legislative cycle to reboot its trade agenda. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Be...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope welcomes Draghi report and calls for urgent action to restore the EU’s competitive edge
9 September 2024 - Welcoming the much-anticipated report on the future of the EU’s competitiveness, presented today by Professor Mario Draghi, BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson said:
"W...
Climate change
New study shows that Europe’s energy price gap will worsen without urgent action
4 July 2024 - A new, in-depth study published today by BusinessEurope, developed with economic consultancy Compass Lexecon, shows that a more competitive energy and climate transition is still possibl...
Governance
High time for a new European competitiveness deal: Business message to the Hungarian Presidency
Budapest, 28 July 2024 - The Presidents and Directors General of BusinessEurope’s member federations gathered today in Budapest, at the invitation of our Hungarian member federation MGYOSZ – Busin...
Pro-European majority needs to put competitiveness front and centre
11 June 2024 - BusinessEurope and the entire European business community congratulate the new Members of the European Parliament on their election and welcome the strong voter turnout across the conti...