Publications
Economy and finance
Proposed amendment to VAT treatment of SMEs
Key messages
We welcome the Commission’s proposal to broaden the VAT scheme for small enterprises, under which SMEs are exempt from paying VAT not only on their domestic sales, as is allowed...
Economy and finance
Access to finance / financial affairs
Access to finance / financial affairs
Cross-border payments in the EU – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
We welcome the European Commission’s commitment to the creation of a single market in the financial services area, including the aim of creating an integrated market for payments...
Economy and finance
EU Multiannual Financial Framework post-2020: ensure unity and swift agreement
Ahead of today’s conference of the European Commission on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) post-2020, followed by an important debate at the college of Commissioners, BusinessEurope publish...
Economy and finance
Views on the EU multi-annual financial framework (MFF) post-2020
Following a difficult decade for the European Union, the recovery is finally anchored, entering its fifth year in 2017 with positive numbers both in terms of growth and employment creation. We also...
Economy and finance
European Commission roadmap for EMU is an important step forward
Following the publication today of the European Commission’s communication on ‘Further steps to completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union’, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyr...
Economy and finance
EU’s economic recovery picks up momentum
Today, BusinessEurope published its Autumn Economic Outlook 2017. It’s showing the EU's economic recovery is picking up momentum.
European business federations expect a continuation of the...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2017 – The EU’s economic recovery picks up momentum
According to our Autumn 2017 Economic Outlook, we have recently seen a strengthening of the EU economy. We have revised our 2017 growth expectations upwards for both the EU and the Euro-area by 0.4 pe...
Economy and finance
EU Commission VAT proposals can lead to less complexity, less fragmentation, less tax fraud and evasion
Following the release of the European Commission proposals on the definitive VAT system for cross-border trade within the EU single market, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer made the fo...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Digital economy
Tax systems must support the take-up of digital technologies in Europe
Following the release of the European Commission Communication on a fair and efficient tax system in the European Union for the Digital Single Market, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Be...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Bilateral relations
Sailing the wind of economic improvements to further strengthen Europe
Reacting to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech on the State of the Union earlier today at the European Parliament, BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia said: “...
Economy and finance
EU cohesion policy: building an investment policy for a more cohesive Europe
EU cohesion policy supports hundreds of thousands of projects in all European regions, it is the EU’s largest source of investment, encouraging important real economy projects and contributing t...