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Economy and finance
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope on the EC proposals for the MFF review and a package on raising additional own resources: The EU needs an adequate budget, but raising additional funds should not deter investments
20 June 2023 - Commenting on the European Commission’s proposals for a review of the 2021-2017 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and a package on raising additional own resources, BusinessEurope...
Economy and finance
Recession avoided for the EU economy, but challenges remain
8 June 2023 - Today, BusinessEurope published its Spring 2023 Economic Outlook. It highlights that falling energy prices through the mild winter have helped steer the EU economy away from recession,...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Spring 2023 – Recession avoided for the EU economy, but challenges remain
Economic situation
Whilst falling energy prices through the mild winter have helped steer the EU economy away from the recession, the situation remains challenging for many businesses.
Our forecast...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Economy and finance
Bring Europe rapidly back on track for growth with an ambitious and effective long-term competitiveness strategy
BusinessEurope publishes its Reform Barometer 2023
21 March 2023 - Ahead of the Spring European Council on 23-24 March, BusinessEurope presented its annual Reform Barometer - "The EU's global competi...
Economy and finance
The rapidly increasing numbers of bankruptcies are alarming
16 February 2023 - On today's publication of the new EU bankruptcy figures by Eurostat, BusinessEurope’s Director General Markus J. Beyrer stated: “The rapidly increasing numbers of bankruptcies a...
Economy and finance
Action is needed now to avoid further investment leakage due to rising costs
BusinessEurope today published its Autumn 2022 Economic Outlook
7 November 2022 - Our autumn economic forecast shows that the EU economy will grow by 2.8% between 2021 and 2022, but only 0.6% in 202...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2022 – Businesses face a difficult winter as sentiment falls and costs rise
After a strong first half year driven by post-Covid service sector reopening, business sentiment has declined rapidly in recent months. Soaring energy bills and continuing supply chain disruptions mea...
Economy and finance
Debt-equity bias reduction allowance (DEBRA) – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
We welcome the European Commission’s efforts to support equity financing ona more equal footing compared to debt financing, with the aim of increasinginvestment and improving the res...
Economy and finance
Economy and finance
Improving business environment is crucial to face rising costs and falling growth
BusinessEurope today published its Summer 2022 Economic Outlook
7 July 2022 - Today, BusinessEurope published its Summer 2022 Economic Outlook, forecasting the EU economy to grow by 2.6% between 2021...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Summer 2022 – European businesses face a difficult period as costs rise and growth falls
The EU economy, in common with much of the global economy, is facing a very difficult period. Whilst some services sectors, are continuing to benefit from further reopening following Covid, many indus...
Economy and finance
Unshell – Laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
We welcome and support the European Commission’s continued fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and aggressive tax planning both at the corporate and at the personal income tax level...
Economy and finance