Publications
Climate change
Climate negotiations COP24: The time for global action is now
On 3 December, global climate negotiations will start in Katowice, Poland (Conference of the Parties 24). COP24 is seen as the most important climate conference since the landmark Paris Agreement was...
Climate change
Access to finance / financial affairs
Bilateral relations
Statement of BusinessEurope’s Council of Presidents on Brexit
We must avoid a chaotic Brexit
(Vienna/ Brussels, 23 November 2018)
Today, at the meeting of BusinessEurope’s Council of Presidents in Vienna, BusinessEurope and its member federations urged...
EU single market
Single Market barriers undermine EU’s economic power
Today, the European Commission published its communication on the "Single Market in a Changing World", warning that today’s advantages of border-free movement of people, capital, goods and services...
Financing research and innovation
Horizon Europe: more – not less – to overcome the innovation gap
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted on the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for the 2021-2027 period. The so-called Horizon...
EU single market
Priorities for the single market beyond 2019 – BusinessEurope strategy paper
With this strategy paper, BUSINESSEUROPE sets out its general priorities for the future of the Single Market policy after the 2019 European elections. It highlights the importance of maintaining trust...
SME internationalisation
EU SMEs need to make better use of EU trade agreements
Today, 600 participants of the EU’s 2018 SME Assembly meet in Graz under the Austrian Presidency to support small and medium-sized businesses to make better use of the increasing number of EU fr...
EU single market
Digitalising and streamlining transport reporting obligations under the Third Mobility Package
Key messages
To facilitate an efficient EU transport and logistics sector and smooth functioning of the single market it is essential that administrative burdens linked to reporting obligations in...
Financing research and innovation
Access to finance / financial affairs
Sustainable Finance EU Action Plan: the “Taxonomy” proposal – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
European industry is at the core of the environmental and energy transformation. Access to investments will be of critical importance to make it successful. The European business commu...
Bilateral relations
BusinessEurope welcomes positive step towards orderly Brexit
Today’s decision from President Donald Tusk to schedule a meeting of the European Council on the 25 November opens the way for an orderly exit of the UK from the EU.
BusinessEurope President Pi...
Education, training and skills
Future of EU vocational education and training (VET) policy
Key messages
Strengthening the labour market relevance of VET is essential for helping companies to address their skills needs and in helping people to enter and progress in the work place. Promoti...
Research and innovation
Digital economy
Making the free flow of data a reality
Today, Council voted in support of the EU regulation on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU. This is the last step in making this regulation a law which will enter into force by the end of ne...
Bilateral relations
EU-US after midterm elections: business expects transatlantic solutions
Now that the US midterm elections have taken place, the EU and the US must concentrate all efforts on solving critical problems in their transatlantic relationship, especially in trade-related policy...
Economy and finance
Escalating global trade tensions and skills shortages a risk for EU economy
- Economic Outlook Autumn 2018 -
The danger of an escalating trade war is seen as a key risk for economic growth by BusinessEurope’s members. It could reduce global GDP by almost one percent in 2...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2018 – EU growth to remain above trend
Following a strong economic growth of 2.4% in 2017, the EU economy has returned to rates closer to its long-term potential, with growth moderating since the beginning of 2018.
While this recent mod...