Publications
Businesses call on the EU co-legislators to clarify, harmonise and simplify the Green Claims Directive to ensure the adoption of a framework safeguarding businesses’ competitiveness – a joint statement
EU policymakers are urged to carefully evaluate options to simplify, clarify and streamline the Green Claims Directive during negotiations, through the lens of the simplification and competitiveness a...
1st EU Omnibus: A positive step towards making it easier to do business in Europe
26 February 2025 - The launch of the first Simplification Omnibus marks a significant milestone in making Europe a better place for doing business.
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...
Clean Industrial Deal is the right direction, but Commission must ‘walk the talk’
26 February 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes that, with today’s publication of the Clean Industrial Deal and the Action Plan on Affordable Energy, the European Commission has recognised the need to...
Union of Skills – a joint employers’ input
Introduction
This note constitutes the joint views and priorities of BusinessEurope, SGI Europe and SMEunited as regards the policy priorities and measures that the Commission should consider for...
European Commission Work Programme 2025: Efforts to reduce regulatory burden must be bolder and faster
12 February 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to reinforcing Europe’s competitiveness and its ambition for a "bolder, simpler and faster Union" in its 2025 Work...
EU single market
Priorities for the EU Single Market for services 2024-2029
Key messages
Liberalise cross-border services in Europe through better and more effective implementation of the existing legislative framework, including a comprehensive assessment of the Service...
EU single market
Free movement of goods: our priorities for 2024-2029
Key messages
Focus on reinforcing the New Legislative Framework (NLF) with an ‘NLF 2.0’ that includes an omnibus to streamline existing interpretations in legislation as well as ensuring an N...
Better regulation
BusinessEurope welcomes Competitiveness Compass and urges its swift translation into concrete action
29 January 2025 - BusinessEurope welcomes the release of the EU Competitiveness Compass, as it is a clear signal that the EU is committed to strengthening Europe’s economy and the companies driving...
Better regulation
BusinessEurope proposes targeted actions to comprehensively reduce regulatory burden
22 January 2025 - BusinessEurope has issued an urgent call to comprehensively reduce the growing regulatory burden on companies operating in the EU.
BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...
Better regulation
Reducing regulatory burden to restore the EU’s competitive edge
Introductory remarks
Regulatory burdens are one of the two top problems named by businesses operating in the EU when it comes to the investment climate. BusinessEurope agrees with the analysis provid...
Reboot Europe – Europe’s economic success, everyone’s business
Europe needs an urgent reboot to restore its competitiveness
Before the European elections, BusinessEurope called for a REBOOT in European policies, building on EU achievements, with targeted action...
Europe needs an urgent reboot to restore its competitiveness
15 January 2025 - Today, BusinessEurope released its business priorities for the next EU cycle with the publication of "Reboot Europe: Europe’s economic success – everyone’s business". This will...
Bilateral relations
EU-Switzerland Agreements will ensure stability and predictability for business
20 December 2024 - The EU and Switzerland have successfully concluded negotiations on a package of agreements that allow Swiss companies’ sectoral participation in the Single Market. This inclu...
European Council
Strengthening our economy is essential for Europe’s resilience and preparedness – Message to the European Council meeting on 19-20 December 2024
The Warsaw Declaration of BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents was attached to the message....