On April 10, a delegation of European Entrepreneurs, inclusive also of our President Christoph Ahlhaus, our Vice-President Jorge Portugal, and our Secretary general Stefan Moritz, joined our French Member M-ETI and the European Family Business Association on a day of meetings with the highest institutions of France.
It was an excellent occasion for European entrepreneurs to make sure their voices were heard by public authorities. This meeting was held in Paris, where they were received by the National Direction for Enterprises, by the Senate, the elected representatives of the National Assembly, and by the office of the Minister for Europe Jean-Noël Barrot. The policymakers’ discussions with business leaders convinced them of the advantages of a “European Mittelstand” and made them aware of the issues faced by small and medium-sized companies on a European scale, which they intend to support.
