Publications
Bilateral relations
Climate change
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) implementation – a BusinessEurope survey
Key recommendations
Based on the reported challenges and proposals by respondents, BusinessEurope makes the following recommendations to the Commission and the CBAM National Competent Authorities to...
Corporate and legal
Education, training and skills
Proposal for a Regulation establishing an EU Talent Pool – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the proposal to setup an EU Talent Pool with an automated matching function to facilitate the targeted recruitment of third country nationals of all skills leve...
Labour markets and social policy
Bilateral relations
U.S. Chamber and BusinessEurope Host Annual Transatlantic Business Works Summit
U.S. Chamber and BusinessEurope host annual Transatlantic Business Works Summit - Deepening transatlantic trade and investment ties
Washington, D.C., 23 April - Today the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and...
EU single market
Letta Report: A significant call for a reboot of the EU Single Market
17 April 2024 - BusinessEurope welcomes today’s publication of Enrico Letta’s report on the future of the EU Single Market, with Director General Markus J. Beyrer commenting:
"We very m...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
European Council
A new European deal is needed to improve Europe’s competitiveness – Message to the special European Council meeting on 17-18 April 2024
The attachment can be found here...

Reboot Europe – Stronger businesses, stronger European Union
Policy changes are needed
To deliver for society, the European Union needs strong companies as much as European companies need a strong European Union to succeed.
BusinessEurope is calling for a REB...
EU Elections: Europe needs a reboot to restore its global competitiveness
9 April 2024 - BusinessEurope has launched its campaign for policy changes for the next EU political cycle, under the motto ‘Reboot Europe’.
Commenting on what Europe needs to do during the next...
EU single market
Amendment of Combined Transport Directive – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Focus on the multimodal optimisation in European transport, while avoiding a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach, as the expected increase in demand for freight transport services must be...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Education, training and skills
BusinessEurope reaction to EU action plan on labour and skills shortages
20 March 2024 - Reacting to the EU action plan on labour and skills shortages published today by the European Commission, just before the European Year of Skills comes to an end, BusinessEurope Direct...
Economy and finance
No improvement in the EU’s investment environment in 2023
20 March 2024 - BusinessEurope has just published our 2024 Reform Barometer, which looks at Europe’s global competitiveness performance and evaluates policy decisions.
BusinessEurope President Fred...