Publications
EU should fight insolvency stigma: helping businesses to bounce back
- 50 per cent of all new EU businesses don’t survive first 5 years -
Today’s European Commission initiative on EU business insolvency - including early restructuring and giving a ”...
EU supports fast growing SMEs: better venture capital access
- The European Commission start-up and scale-up strategy is most welcome but must go hand in hand with a more careful approach on geo-blocking -
European business strongly supports the initiative to...
Climate change
European business expects US to stay committed on climate
- Marrakech brings transparency but little progress on market based climate actions -
The negotiations during the climate conference in Marrakech (COP22) managed to move forward with the clarificati...
Enhancing enforcement and compliance for goods – a BusinessEurope strategy paper
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Harmonising EU law in certain product areas has enabled the single market to become a front runner of European economic integration.
The existence of non-compliant products in th...
VAT Action Plan – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope welcomes the Action Plan on VAT, which sets out a pathway for the creation of a single VAT area in the EU, in contrast to the present highly fragmented and complex syste...
Towards a European data economy – a BusinessEurope position paper
KEY MESSAGES
Digitalisation can be at the heart of Europe. The EU must timely complete the Digital Single Market, ensuring free movement of data to take full advantage of the digital transformation...
Statement: “Signals of reconciliation and reassurance needed to avoid economic uncertainty” – BusinessEurope President
BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia on the result of US presidential elections:
“Signals of reconciliation and reassurance needed to avoid economic uncertainty.”
After a divisive e...
Energy Efficiency Directive – Implementation of the articles 3, 4, 7 and 8 – a Businesseurope study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THE METHODOLOGY
This study is divided into five chapters, with an executive summary of the main results, followed by chapters covering each of the four articles. Each article...
Global climate agreement: Marrakech COP22 must bring more clarity
- After Paris COP21: work on transparency, clear rules, global level-playing field -
Our updates about COP22
Today’s entry into force of the Paris COP21 global climate agreement is a positive a...
CETA moves ahead, but an effective EU trade policy must be ensured
On the agreement from all Member States to sign the CETA deal between the European Union and Canada, BusinessEurope President Emma Marcegaglia commented:
“We welcome that a solution has finall...