Publicat pe 27/06/2014

EUROCHAMBRES welcomes today’s signature of the association agreements including deep and comprehensive free trade areas with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and urges poltical leaders on both sides to tackle the remaining obstacles to business between the two regions.

Lack of macro-economic stability, economic and regulatory policy uncertainty and corruption are the three main stumbling stones for European companies to invest in the Eastern Partnership region according to a survey done in the frame of the East Invest programme run by EUROCHAMBRES.

“The adoption of these agreements will contribute to shaping a more business-friendly economic and political environment in the signatory countries and will make it easier for companies in the EU and the three countries to do business together,” noted Arnaldo Abruzzini, EUROCHAMBRES’ Secretary General. “We now ask our respective governments to do their part in bringing stability in the region and prosperity for all.”

EUROCHAMBRES and its partner organisations have been stimulating economic exchanges between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries over the past three years via the East Invest project and will continue doing so with the second phase of the programme that is about to be launched.