Publications
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to today’s EU Parliament plenary vote on the EU Data Act
9 November 2023 - Commenting on today’s EU Parliament Plenary vote on the EU Data Act, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Making data flows easier in Europe is a necessary step,...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2023 – Growth muted as high interest rates impact consumption and investment
Economic situation
The European economy continued to grow sluggishly in the first half of 2023 as the impact of higher interest rates curbed demand against a backdrop of continuing geopolitical tensi...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook shows significant drop in European business sentiment
8 November 2023 - Upon the release of BusinessEurope’s Economic Outlook today, and on the occasion of the Macroeconomic Dialogue with social partners and EU institutions, BusinessEurope Director Gen...
Education, training and skills
New survey of European companies highlights critical labour and skills shortages
30 October 2023 - BusinessEurope today published the results of a new survey of European companies which underscores the skills and recruitment challenges that they are facing.
BusinessEurope Direct...
Education, training and skills
Analysis of labour and skills shortages: Overcoming bottlenecks to productivity and growth
Introduction
There are currently a number of inter-linked challenges affecting the functioning of labour markets across Europe and which are resulting in significant labour and skills shortages. Thes...
Customs
Union Customs Code reform – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
EU Customs are subject to increasing pressures from enormous e-commerce volumes to ever-growing non-financial measures. The UCC reform is therefore more urgent than ever. BusinessEurop...
Bilateral relations
EU-US Summit falls short of business expectations
Brussels/Washington, 21 October 2023 - On 20 October, the European Union and the United States of America held their second summit in Washington, DC.
BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson sa...
Comprehensive paper on substantive patent law harmonisation (SPLH)
Please also read the Addendum to BUSINESSEUROPE's comprehensive paper on SPLH, 16 January 2026...
EU SME strategy
Providing real relief for SMEs – BusinessEurope’s SME Roadshow in Rome
The event featured keynote speeches from Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President, and Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market
Brussels/Rome, 4 October 2023 - BusinessEurope, in par...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
BusinessEurope offers to the ETUC to negotiate the revision of the European Works Councils Directive
4 October 2023 - On 4 October, BusinessEurope offered to the European Trade Union Confederation to negotiate the revision of the European Works Councils (EWCs) Directive and informed Commissioner Schm...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
BusinessEurope’s response to the Commission second-stage consultation on European Works Councils – Letter from Markus J. Beyrer to Nicolas Schmit
The attachment to this letter can be found here...