EU SME strategy
Full attention must be given to SME needs in the design of the EU flagship initiatives: the single market for goods and services, the digital single market, the European Investment Plan, the Capital Markets Union, the trade negotiations and the EU regulatory reform.
The implementation of the Small Business Act should move up a gear so that innovative pro-SME measures are deployed on a larger front at national level, based on strategic orientations discussed at EU level.
It is not sufficient that member states work on improving the SME business environment in a purely isolated national context. Member states should also exchange best policy practices, in the areas of skills and access to finance for example.
Cooperating for upgrading policies was the purpose of the Small Business Act (SBA) adopted by the member states and the European Commission in 2008. This pro-SME action agenda has delivered encouraging results. There is scope for getting even more out of it. The Commission should propose an initiative in 2016 for strengthening the SBA.
Publications
| Public letters | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Revision of the European Small Business Act (SBA) - Joint letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission | 09/04/2015 |
| Reports and studies | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| TTIP – What's in it for small and medium-sized enterprises | 22/01/2015 |
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