Publications
Energy
Energy crisis: European business calls for new EU-wide measures
6 October 2022 – Tomorrow in Prague heads of state and government will discuss the energy crisis situation. BusinessEurope calls on leaders to urgently agree on new EU-wide measures to alleviate co...
Labour markets and social policy
Bilateral relations
EU and UK Domestic Advisory Groups to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – Joint statement
We, the Domestic Advisory Groups of the European Union and of the United Kingdom, having met on Monday, October 3, 2022, in Brussels and in advance of participating in the first Civil Society Forum to...
Corporate and legal
Energy
EU business urgently calls on tackling high energy prices – Letter from Fredrik Persson and Markus J. Beyrer to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
A similar letter was sent to Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and to the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU....
Education, training and skills
The EU Skills and Talent Package – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The EU’s economic migration policy has an important, complementary, role to play in helping to address labour and skills shortages, which are being experienced throughout all sectors...
Consumers/marketing
Education, training and skills
Education, training and skills
Circular economy
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to establish a functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and circular products. The proposal for a Regulation on Ecode...
Energy
Addressing skyrocketing energy prices is a matter of survival for European companies and households
9 September 2022 - Today, the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU will hold an extraordinary meeting of the Energy Ministers to discuss emergency measures to mitigate the extremely high energy p...
Economy and finance
EU single market
Common specifications – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The European Commission’s Standardisation Strategy must not undermine the New Legislative Framework for products by creating a parallel system via the Commission’s reliance on comm...
Energy
Business calls on market-driven winter preparedness
Forced curtailments should only be considered as an option of very last resort
20 July 2022 - Today, the European Commission presented a package of measures aiming to prepare Europe for potential fut...
Bilateral relations
BusinessEurope paper: EU-China: Engaging with a systemic rival
19 July 2022 - Today, BusinessEurope published its new paper on “EU-China relations – Engaging with a systemic rival” coinciding with the EU-China High-Level Economic Dialogue. The paper, which...
Bilateral relations
EU-China relations – Engaging with a systemic rival
Key messages
EU-China relations have faced considerable challenges in recent times. On the one hand, our trade and investment relations remain characterised by significant asymmetries, including...