Publications
Bilateral relations
Business welcomes European Council decision on Brexit – companies need certainty
Today, the European Council confirmed that sufficient progress has been made pertaining to phase one of the Brexit negotiations. This will allow to start negotiations on the transition and the framewo...
EU social dialogue
Follow-up to the second-phase consultation on a possible revision of the written statement (Directive 91/533/EEC) – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The nature and purpose of the written statement directive is to inform employees about their working conditions at the beginning of the employment contract or relationship. A Commissio...
Bilateral relations
EU and Japan showing leadership on trade
BusinessEurope welcomes the finalisation of the free trade agreement between the EU and Japan, which was announced today.
Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BusinessEurope, said: “It&rs...
Bilateral relations
Brexit negotiations progress is a positive sign
The formal decision of the European Commission to recommend to the European Council that sufficient progress has now been made on the strict terms of the divorce of the UK from the European Union is a...
Bilateral relations
Cliff-edge Brexit – BusinessEurope publishes company examples
The EU Single Market has enabled European and British companies to set up complex supply chains and close-knit partnerships that benefit competitiveness, growth and employment in both economies. With...
Bilateral relations
Consequences of a cliff-edge Brexit
Company examples
The Single Market has enabled European and British companies to set up complex supply chains and close-knit partnerships that benefit competitiveness, growth and employment in both e...
Economy and finance
European Commission roadmap for EMU is an important step forward
Following the publication today of the European Commission’s communication on ‘Further steps to completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union’, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyr...
Economy and finance
Multilateral / WTO
11th WTO Ministerial Conference: business calls for a strong WTO, against protectionism, for the benefit of all
Ahead of the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on 10-14 December in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Council of Presidents of BusinessEurope adopted a Statement that reiter...
Multilateral / WTO
EU single market
Data protection
The proposal for a Cybersecurity Act – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
No one-size-fits-all certification scheme can apply to all connected technologies or the risks they face. The certification framework cannot pre-prescribe a list of elements to be incl...
Consumers/marketing
Financing research and innovation
EU research and innovation: 28 industry leaders call for ambitious funding programmes
Today, 28 leaders of large multinational companies in Europe published a statement showing their full support to scale up ambition for the next flagship EU research and innovation funding programme (F...
Financing research and innovation
EU research & innovation funding programmes matter for companies! – CEOs statement on Horizon Europe
We, the leaders of companies, are strongly committed to EU research & innovation (R&I) funding programmes. Alongside other framework conditions, EU R&I funding programmes play a&...