Eurochambres press releases


Declaration on international trade: CETA ratification pivotal to future of EU agenda

Today, on the eve of the European Parliament’s crucial vote on the CETA agreement with Canada, EUROCHAMBRES and national Chambers from across Europe sent a … Read more

European Services Package: pragmatic, but no silver bullet

EUROCHAMBRES gave a conditional thumbs-up to the Services Package presented by the European Commission today*. The new Services e-Card rightly addresses various persistent administrative barriers … Read more

Chambres Economic Survey 2017

Economic Survey 2017: pace of economic recovery held back by low business confidence

Despite a slight drop in general business confidence, businesses expect a minor … Read more

Energy Winter Package:Chambers call for more market and more Europe

Energy Winter Package:Chambers call for more market and more Europe

In reaction to today’s Energy Winter Package, EUROCHAMBRES welcomes the European Commission’s push for a … Read more

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce meet on EU acquis

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce met today to discuss support for the Turkish Cypriot business community … Read more

News Skills Agenda underwhelming

The New Skills Agenda presented today by the European Commission covers many key issues, but contains little to convince EUROCHAMBRES that it represents an upgrade Read more

Geoblocking proposal exposes gaps in Single Market

EUROCHAMBRES welcomes today’s European Commission proposal for a Regulation on geo-blocking. The objective of the proposal – the prevention of discrimination in the Single Market … Read more

Members of the European Parliament sign up to support the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme

On 23 May, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political parties gathered
to mark the inauguration of the network of MEP Ambassadors for … Read more

Better regulation: EUROCHAMBRES calls for a wholly independent regulatory scrutiny board

EUROCHAMBRES expects an ambitious Interinstitutional Agreement on better regulation, paving the way to the establishment of a wholly independent and jointly mandated regulatory scrutiny board. … Read more

Expo 2015: investment and business opportunities between EU and Chinese companies

In the framework of the Universal Exposition, Expo Milano 2015, from 1 May to 31 October, the European Commission is promoting a series of ‘EU-Third … Read more

East Invest continues its support to business organisations and small and medium sized enterprises in the six Eastern Partnership countries

The European Commission is extending its support to business organisations and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the six Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, … Read more

Better Regulation: Chambers support Commission’s total quality approach

EUROCHAMBRES welcomes today’s European Commission’s Communication on Better Regulation, which meets the Chambers’ main demands in terms of scrutiny, transparency and accountability.
“Ensuring that EU … Read more

Energy Union: old wine in new bottles?

EUROCHAMBRES has mixed feelings about the Energy Union package, published by the European Commission today.
“All in all, the package looks rather like old wine … Read more

2015 Commission Work Programme: nice packaging, but content still to be discovered

EUROCHAMBRES considers that the 2015 Commission Work Programme published today ticks many of the right boxes for the business community. New proposals on the Internal … Read more

Mediation: a tool for growth

At a high level conference on mediation held in the European Parliament today, EUROCHAMBRES highlighted mediation as a tool for economic growth and called on … Read more

New EuroChamber created to facilitate business in Myanmar

Today the European Union has officially launched the European Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar – EuroChamber Myanmar.

The new European Chamber will act as the … Read more

Competitiveness Council conclusions on smart regulation send the right signal

Following the Competitiveness Council’s conclusions on smart regulation, Arnaldo Abruzzini, Secretary General of EUROCHAMBRES, commented: “The Council has often been the black sheep of the … Read more

EUROCHAMBRES Economic Survey: businesses cautiously optimistic for 2015

2015 is set to be a better year for business across much of Europe than 2014, but entrepreneurs still highlight low domestic demand and unfavourable … Read more

EU SME Centre to continue business support in China until 2018

Following the success of the first phase, the EU SME Centre in China officially launched its second phase of operations, having secured funding from the … Read more

Investment Plan for Europe: leveraging private investment is the right approach

EUROCHAMBRES praises the focus on leveraging private investment that underpins the European Commission’s new Investment Plan for Europe. This is as an important signal to … Read more

 

Declaration on international trade: CETA ratification pivotal to future of EU agenda