Single Market Strategy: an opportunity to secure long-term impact – a BusinessEurope position paper

Key messages

In reaction to the recently published Single Market Strategy, BusinessEurope calls on the EU policy makers to:

• Ensure that the measures as prioritised in the strategy are put in place by 2027, in close collaboration with the business community.
• Establish a mid- to long-term strategic vision and set concrete KPIs for removing Single Market barriers, including outside the “terrible ten”, to guide future Single Market reforms.
• Guarantee that all EU and national legal and administrative measures preventing and removing barriers to the free movement of goods and services, including labour mobility, are properly upheld.
• Strengthen Member States’ political responsibility, intensify the Commission’s efforts and resources as well as de-politicise infringement of Single Market rules in order to prevent protectionist or non-compliant national laws.
• Encourage Member States to carry out regulatory reforms that remove barriers to cross-border trade and investment, using EU budgetary incentives.