Press Release: EFB’s new President
Today, we announce EFB’s new President Mr Jan K. van Oord, who was elected unanimously at our annual General Assembly meeting in Brussels. We also announce new additions to our Executive Committee. Read the attached press release for more information.
EU Startup and Scaleup strategy: initial insights
The Commission’s Startup and Scaleup strategy promises to help tech-based businesses achieve competitiveness goals and create new markets for the EU. However, we would like to suggest that this startup and scaleup strategy should be aimed at more than just the technology-driven companies and deep tech sector. Scaleups and startups across all segments of the […]
SME Envoy Network: Business Transfers and Omnibus IV on Small Mid-Caps (SMCs).
Between the 20th and 21st of May, Mrs Joana Peixinho – Junior policy advisor at EFB- represented European Family Businesses, at the SME Envoy Network meeting in Warsaw where several important topics were discussed. On the topic of Business transfers, she thanked the European Commission for the Business Transfers workshop on April 23rd and highlighted […]
10 Suggestions to Support Business Transfers in the EU
The topic of business transfers is crucial to Europe’s competitiveness. Recognising its importance, Eurochambres, European Family Businesses, Transeo, CECOP, Cooperatives Europe, SMEUnited and AECM have united to urge that the topic of business transfers receives the political attention it deserves in Europe’s agenda. In the attached document you will find our 10 Suggestions to support […]
EFB’s view on the first 100 Days of Commission von der Leyen’s second mandate
It has been 100 days since Ms Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate as Commission President began. A lot has happened in the last few months in the European Union and globally. The socioeconomic and geopolitical landscape has shifted. One thing that is diametrically different in this mandate is the Commission’s consideration of businesses as […]
Simplification Omnibus Package: EFB’s take so far
After evaluating the details of the proposed Simplification Omnibus Package which seeks to consolidate the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), EU Taxonomy, and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) it is clear that the European Commission has listened to the business community. The Simplification Omnibus package is a positive […]
Simplification and Competitiveness: EFB’s meeting with Commissioner Dombrovskis
On March 4th, EFB and members of our board and management committee had the privilege of meeting with Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification. During our discussion, we exchanged views on different elements of the European Commission’s Work Programme including, the Simplification Omnibus Package, the 28th legal regime, mid-caps, the […]
EFB’s initial reaction to the Competitiveness Compass
Today the EU Commission released its competitiveness Compass. This proposal comes as Europe’s industrial base continues to struggle to remain competitive on a global scale. The proposal rightly highlights the difference between Europe’s innovation and productivity gap, the price of energy which has been weighing on Europe’s industrial base and draws a comparison with the […]
European Family Businesses: Call for Competitiveness
As the new European Commission and European Parliament mandate begins and ahead of the release of the Commission’s Work Programme, European Family Businesses (EFB) has put together a document stipulating the key challenges facing European family businesses and non-family businesses alike. We ask the European Institutions to consider what kind of Europe we want to […]
EFB at the SME Assembly 2024
Between the 18th and 20th of November 2024 in Budapest, EFB attended the SME Envoy Network meeting and the SME Assembly organised by the European Commission. At the SME Envoy Network meeting during the point on SME policy in Hungary, Mr Jesús Casado, European Family Businesses’ Secretary General intervened to ask about the measures planned […]