The corona pandemic has plunged European micro, small and medium-sized businesses into dire straits. Now, of all times, the millions of entrepreneurs and self-employed in Europe lack a strong advocate in the EU Commission.
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On Monday, January 25 Maurizio Casasco, CEA-PME European Entrepreneurs First Vice President and Board Speaker, as well as President of our member CONFAPI, the Italian association of SMEs, has met with the Italian Government to present his proposals for a liberal program, inspired by European priorities, for virtuous governance of the recovery plan in Italy.
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On Thursday 13 November 2020, European Entrepreneurs hosted its annual General Assembly. We were honoured to be joined by Mrs. Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner in charge of Cohesion and Reforms, who provided the keynote speech opening the agenda of the event. She recognised the absolutely vital contribution that SMEs bring to the European economy and […]
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We urge the European Commission to develop a revised SME strategy that reflects this new reality and we need these measures fast.
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Katowice, European Entrepreneurs Polish Member, will host a special edition of its annual European Congress of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, under the slogan B2B: Back to Business! This year’s edition aims to restore the supply chain and oversee the further development of the economy, therefore the B2B meetings […]
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First of all, we would like to express our appreciation and thanks to the entire EU Commission for the far-reaching efforts that you and your colleagues have made, which in many respects have met our demands to deal with the Corona crisis. We therefore expressly welcome the new guidelines for the reopening of the internal market and internal borders, in order to at least partially enable a tourism season that is extremely important for many member states this year. This helps prevent an economic disaster in the regions worst affected.
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On Tuesday 10 March, the European Commission presented its Industrial Strategy. Alongside the strategy, it presented the new SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, focusing specifically on SMEs. Whilst European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME welcomes the fact that the Von der Leyen Commission decided to present a specific strategy for small businesses – in contrast to the Juncker Commission – our members are all but impressed with its dated contents and lack of fresh ideas.
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European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME, the biggest European confederation of voluntarily organised Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies, positively remarks that the European Council that took place on 23rd of April has made some important steps forward regarding funds for crisis interventions, approving the Eurogroup proposals, and towards a recovery fund for the European Union, financed with the EU-Budget.
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Let’s exit the confinement, get back to work and restart the EU’s economy in a coordinated European way
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European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME, the biggest European confederation of voluntarily associated Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies, together with EVBB, the European Confederation of Professional Training providers,with ESBA, the European Small Business Alliance, and with AMSP, the Czech SME Association, are deeply concerned about the health and economic situation in Europe in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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