Publications
Financing research and innovation
EU ministers made a decisive good step on research financing
Today, EU research ministers adopted the Council’s position on Horizon Europe, the next EU flagship programme for research and innovation.
Next to emergency financial support for millions of f...
Bilateral relations
EU-UK: time is running out, a deal is needed urgently
There might not be enough time to conclude and ratify a deal in time
This week will be the last official round of negotiations currently foreseen between the EU and the U.K. Business is inc...
Education, training and skills
EU Skills and Youth package – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Up-skilling and re-skilling is a key element of ensuring that companies have a sufficiently skilled workforce to respond to their evolving needs. This is a shared endeavour and it is i...
EU single market
COVID-19 measures: A coordinated European approach is needed
Member States should coordinate their actions restricting free movement of people
Last week, the EU Competitiveness Council addressed the economic recovery amid the new stage of the non-r...
Climate change
2030 climate target must be aligned with strong EU industry strategy
Today, the European Commission revealed its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by at least 55% compared to 1990, substantially increasing its initial 40% target. The Commission also p...
Governance
HOW to build a better Europe?
Reacting to the first speech on the State of the Union by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, BusinessEurope welcomed her strong commitment to making Europe better, more competitive an...
EU single market
EU Competitiveness Council policy debate on 18 September 2020: Single Market as enabler of successful recovery and resilience of the EU economy – Letter from Markus J. Beyrer to Peter Altmaier
Annex - Examples of Single Market barriers for businesses...
EU single market
Examples of Single Market barriers for businesses 2020
On 10 March 2020 the European Commission published its report "Identifying and addressing barriers to the Single Market", as part of the spring Single Market package. BusinessEurope responded by its p...
Better regulation
Strategic Foresight Report key for evidence-based policy-making
Today, the European Commission adopted its first ever "Strategic Foresight Report: charting the course towards a more resilient Europe".
The Commission’s aim to identify emerging challenges and opp...
Competition and state aid
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Trade
Protecting the EU economy against extraterritorial sanctions
The EU should strengthen its foreign economic diplomacy in the area of sanctions
Today, BusinessEurope published recommendations to strengthen the EU foreign economic diplomacy in the area of sanctio...
Trade
Recommendations to strengthen the EU foreign economic diplomacy in the area of sanctions *
Key messages
Business opposes the weaponisation of the sanctions policy and the use of such measures to pursue economic interests. Sanctions are designed specifically to enforce the respect of inte...
Corporate and legal
Circular economy
Customs
BusinessEurope’s priorities for EU customs policy
Key messages
The European Commission should have greater regard for how business processes work in its design of customs processes. Customs policy has an important impact on business competitivenes...
EU social dialogue
European employers are committed to creating the conditions for return to employment, job creation and better skills matching as part of the recovery
With this statement, BusinessEurope and the signatory European sectoral employers express the clear message to public authorities and trade unions at all levels that European employers are committed t...
European Council
European business welcomes that deal was found in European Council
Following the agreement reached by the European Council on the EU recovery plan and the new long-term EU budget, BusinessEurope President Pierre Gattaz said: "The fact that the European Coun...
European Council
European business urges EU leaders to find an agreement
On this fourth day of negotiations to find agreement on the EU recovery plan and the new long-term EU budget, BusinessEurope President Pierre Gattaz reiterated his call to find a suitable co...
Data protection
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over international data transfers
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the Privacy Shield, an international personal data transfer mechanism between the EU-US, while ruling on the landmark "Schrems...