Publications
Climate change
COP23: Good on stakeholder engagement, slow on progress at global climate negotiations
Negotiators from almost 200 countries managed to make some steps in the right direction during their two-week meeting at the annual climate change conference in Bonn (COP23).
European business had ur...
EU social dialogue
Social summit for fair jobs and growth, Gothenburg – Joint statement of the European social partners
Europe is one of the best places to live, work and do business in the world because our social market economies combine free markets, private initiative, economic freedoms, free movement of people and...
BusinessEurope and CBI statements following meeting of European business groups with the UK Prime Minister
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The CBI and business groups from across Europe, representing millions of employees, met with UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday (13 November).
They discussed the importa...
Climate change
EU ETS reform deal: Strong on ambition, less so on protection
Today EU negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the reform of the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
BusinessEurope acknowledges that the negotiators have made some steps in the righ...
Bilateral relations
Economy and finance
EU’s economic recovery picks up momentum
Today, BusinessEurope published its Autumn Economic Outlook 2017. It’s showing the EU's economic recovery is picking up momentum.
European business federations expect a continuation of the...
Economy and finance
BusinessEurope Economic Outlook Autumn 2017 – The EU’s economic recovery picks up momentum
According to our Autumn 2017 Economic Outlook, we have recently seen a strengthening of the EU economy. We have revised our 2017 growth expectations upwards for both the EU and the Euro-area by 0.4 pe...
Climate change
Climate conference COP23: We need progress and transparency
European business expects substantial progress to be made at the climate conference starting on Monday in Bonn (COP23). Under the Fijian Presidency, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
EU single market
ICT and digital solutions for transport and logistics
Key messages
Digital technologies and ICT tools make transport in all modes (i.e. by road, rail, air, inland waterways or sea) more interoperable, smarter and can provide more predictability to inc...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
BusinessEurope offers to negotiate with ETUC on written statement directive
In its second-stage consultation of the social partners issued on 21 September 2017, the European Commission asked the European social partners whether they are willing to enter into negotiations with...