Publications
Education, training and skills
B20 and B7
EU single market
The Sustainable and Smart Mobility (SSM) strategy – BusinessEurope comments
BusinessEurope supports the overall goals and aims of the strategy: to master the twin green and digital transitions aiming at significantly reducing CO2 and pollutant emissions; improving efficiencie...
Bilateral relations
Re-launch of EU-India trade negotiations an important step forward
Today, the EU-India Business Roundtable took place virtually in Porto to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the areas of climate, digital and healthcare and to support increased trade and investment....
Bilateral relations
Industrial relations and EU labour law
European business: Solid economic recovery is key for a social Europe
Porto Social Summit on implementation of European Pillar of Social Rights
Today, the Porto Social Summit was convened by the Portuguese Presidency and the European Commission in Portugal to discuss t...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Labour markets and social policy
Diversity and equal opportunities
Industrial policy
EU industrial strategy: a good step forward, tailor-made actions must follow
Today, the European Commission published its update of the “2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery”. It aims at learning lessons from the COVID-19...
Trade
Foreign subsidies: EU should prevent market distortions
Today, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on foreign subsidies that distort the EU internal market. BusinessEurope supports the efforts of the Commission to ensure fair ma...
Bilateral relations
The European Union-Mercosur trade agreement: a cornerstone to foster sustainable development and economic growth – Business statement
BusinessEurope, the Confederation of Portuguese Business (CIP) and the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), with the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European...
Bilateral relations
Health and humanitarian crisis in India
Europe and India have strong historic and economic ties and a tradition of close cooperation and mutual support that dates back many centuries. The European business community is extremely concerned b...
Bilateral relations
EU-UK: European Parliament ratification ends uncertainty for business
Today the European Parliament ratified the EU trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) with the United Kingdom, just a few days before the end of its provisional application. This finally brings clarity...
Digital economy
The Data Governance Act (DGA) – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
We support the creation of a European model that promotes data sharing and re-use within and across key sectors. This should clarify how sharing and re-use of data can take place and h...
Labour markets and social policy