Publications
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...
Multilateral / WTO
WTO Ministerial – the agreement keeps alive the multilateral trading system
17 June 2022 - The WTO-World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting MC12 ended after 5 days of intense negotiations with an agreement that allows to keep the multilateral trading system alive. Al...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
EU minimum wage rules must not undermine social partners’ competences
16 June 2022 - Today, the Employment and Social Affairs Council (EPSCO) meets in Luxembourg, days after a trilogue agreement on a directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union was reached....
Diversity and equal opportunities
Fredrik Persson to succeed Pierre Gattaz as President of BusinessEurope
3 June 2022 - During its meeting in Prague today, the Council of Presidents of BusinessEurope unanimously elected Mr Fredrik Persson, who was until recently President of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt NÃ...