Publications
Innovation policy: status quo is not an option
Following today’s release of the strategic note Opportunity Now: Europe’s Mission to Innovate by the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) of the European Commission, the European business com...
BusinessEurope statement on Brexit
BusinessEurope respects the decision of the voters but regrets that the United Kingdom chose to leave the European Union.
BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia commented: "The European busin...
Company law
Towards an effective EU insolvency framework
Key messages
BUSINESSEUROPE is generally supportive of a second chance approach to insolvency in the EU which is why it welcomed the 2014 Commission recommendation on business failure and insolvenc...
EU social partners should support reforms and growth to secure EU’s social model
At an extraordinary "macro-economic dialogue" today in Brussels, chaired by the President of the Eurogroup and the Economic Council, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, BUSINESSEEUROPE Director General Markus J. Bey...
Encouraging signs to strengthen the single market
Good progress on the delivery of the European Commission's Single Market Strategy was demonstrated today at a high-level conference in Amsterdam.
The Joint Initiative on Standardisation between pub...
EU must safeguard modest economic recovery…
…despite substantial uncertainty: UK, China, Schengen
Statement to EU leaders: Presidents of 40 European business federations
European business calls for UK to remain in the EU
Spring Eco...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Spring 2016 – Political uncertainty dampening Europe’s economic recovery
Released on 1 June 2016, BusinessEurope Spring Economic Outlook shows that the modest economic recovery in the EU and Euro-area is expected to continue. Overall, we expect growth to reach 2.0% in the...