BUSINESSEUROPE

Our DG Markus J. Beyrer met with Commissioner @JessikaRoswall this morning to discuss key priorities for European business, including the Environmental Omnibus, the Circular Economy Act and the European Water Resilience Strategy.

Ahead of EU negotiations on the Commission’s proposal to speed up environmental assessments, he stressed the need to preserve its ambition.

Speeding up and simplifying permitting is essential to unlock investment across Europe.

We support the European Commission’s new Vocational Education and Training (VET) Strategy, launched today.

“Vocational education and training help companies find skilled workers and give people the skills to enter employment and progress in their careers,” said our DG Markus J. Beyrer.

Faster updating of curricula, with meaningful involvement of social partners, is key to ensuring that training responds to changing labour market needs.

Read our press release: businesseurope.eu/publications/v…

The Commission has shown leadership on simplification, including by withdrawing burdensome late payment and green claims proposals in its 2027 Work Programme. It must now go further in acting on businesses’ recommendations.

“The Commission must significantly step up its efforts to cut existing regulatory burdens and prevent new ones from emerging. An immediate moratorium on new burdens, including those arising from secondary legislation, is long overdue”, said our President Maciej Witucki @mwitucki

Restoring Europe’s competitiveness requires measurable burden reductions. The European Parliament and Council must also make this a priority.

Read our press release: businesseurope.eu/publications/e…

Good discussions today at the first ever panel debate on the role of social partners in preparedness policy, organised in the context of the European Forum on Civil Protection.

Our President Maciej Witucki and Director General Markus J. Beyrer joined @Confindustria's Council of Presidents yesterday in Rome.

It was an important opportunity to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s economy and shared priorities to strengthen European business by mitigating high energy costs, reducing regulatory burden, completing the Single Market and supporting investment and innovation.

We look forward to continuing our work with Confindustria and to turn these shared priorities into action.