Publications
Labour markets and social policy
Financing research and innovation
BusinessEurope comments on Horizon 2020 – Interim evaluation
This paper outlines the views expressed by BusinessEurope members based on their direct experience with Horizon 2020. In light of the simplification effort initiated by the European Commission and the...
EU single market
Timely Services Package, but European Services e-Card needs work
The single market is one of Europe’s greatest assets, but businesses still experience barriers when providing services in another Member State.
Services account for over 70% of EU GDP and emplo...
Data protection
EU business should be free to move data
Lift national restrictions, unleash the data-driven economy
Today’s communication of the European Commission “Building a European Data Economy” concerns Europe’s success in da...
Trade
Sustainable supply chains
Making the relationship between trade, social and environmental policies more effective and mutually beneficial
Companies are instrumental in making global supply chains more sustainable - the challe...
B20 Statement for Open Markets and Inclusive Growth
The business community in G20 economies is strongly concerned about the rise in protectionism around the world and the increasing opposition to trade. These concerns cannot be simply dismissed but Gov...
Road transport in the single market – identifying challenges and the way forward – a BusinessEurope position paper
This position paper constitutes BusinessEurope’s response to four recent and ongoing Commission public consultations in the area of road transport in the single market, namely on:
The review of...
A Shared Vision for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships and Work-based Learning – Opinion of the Advisory Committee on vocational training (ACVT) addressed to the European Commission
Apprenticeships and other forms of work-based learning (WBL) are a springboard to jobs and active citizenship; they enhance a person’s employability and employment prospects through the acquisition...
EU needs real power market, affordable energy, integration of renewables
- Binding energy efficiency target beyond 27% risks to undermine the EU ETS -
Today’s publication of the Winter Energy Package by the European Commission in Brussels is a positive signal to s...
The Global Business Coalition calls for international cooperation
Paris, November 29, 2016 – The Global Business Coalition (GBC) increases its efforts to speak with a joint business voice
B20 Coalition rebrands into The Global Business Coalition
Crucial that b...