Publications
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...
Economy and finance
Improving business environment is crucial to face rising costs and falling growth
BusinessEurope today published its Summer 2022 Economic Outlook
7 July 2022 - Today, BusinessEurope published its Summer 2022 Economic Outlook, forecasting the EU economy to grow by 2.6% between 2021...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Summer 2022 – European businesses face a difficult period as costs rise and growth falls
The EU economy, in common with much of the global economy, is facing a very difficult period. Whilst some services sectors, are continuing to benefit from further reopening following Covid, many indus...
Digital economy
Business supports EU’s green light for competitive and safer digital sector
European Parliament’s final vote on DMA and DSA is a bold positive step
5 July 2022 - Today the European Parliament made its final vote on the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. Whil...
Trade
Important step forward: EU agreement against distortive foreign subsidies
30 June 2022 - The European institutions have reached a compromise on the proposed foreign subsidies instrument. BusinessEurope welcomes the agreement and hopes for an efficient and effective implemen...
Bilateral relations
EU-New Zealand agreement: welcome restart of an ambitious bilateral trade agenda
EU-New Zealand agreement: welcome restart of an ambitious bilateral trade agenda
30 June 2022 - Today, Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and New Zealand Trade Ministe...
Overburdensome reporting requirements will not advance sustainability goals
29 June 2022 - Today, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) endorsed the provisional political agreement on the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) reached by the Europe...
Energy and environment
Revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED 2.0) – a BusinessEurope position paper
BusinessEurope supports the EU Green Deal’s objectives and stands ready to support its implementation. The high energy prices, the disrupted supply chains and high inflation pose existential difficu...
EU social dialogue
European social dialogue work programme 2022-2024
Social dialogue at all levels is particularly relevant for fair, responsible and effective labour markets.
Social partners are particularly well placed to accompany the process of transformation of t...
EU social dialogue
European Unions and Employers sign historic deal
27 June 2022 - European trade unions and employers will tomorrow sign a work programme, including to negotiate a legally binding agreement on ‘Telework and right to disconnect’.
ETUC, Busin...
Consumers/marketing
Labour markets and social policy
Labour markets and social policy
Commission proposal for a directive on improving working conditions in platform work – BusinessEurope in-depth position paper
Key messages
The legal basis of the directive needs to be broadened to the relevant single market treaty articles in order to include self-employed persons under the scope of the directive. Against...