EFB News #32
European Family Businesses Newsletter # 32 EFB publications & policy work Skills Portability Initiative In February 2026, European Family Businesses submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Skills Portability Initiative. The Skills portability Initiative is part of the Commission’s Union of Skills strategy. It is a response to the shortage of […]
EFB News #31
European Family Businesses Newsletter # 31 EFB publications & policy work Business Transfers tax regime before and after 1994 In May 2025, in order to analyse the impact of the 1994 business transfers recommendation, we assessed the state of play in some Member States such as Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland and the United […]
EFB News #30
European Family Businesses Newsletter #30 President von der Leyen released many projects during the first 100 days of her second Commission mandate. We have been busy with many proposals such as Omnibus I on simplification of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Omnibus […]
EFB News #29
European Family Businesses Newsletter # 29 With the beginning of the new year, it is time to reflect on our work during the last six months of 2024. Recent events and meetings EFB Welcome Reception Aimed at spreading awareness of EFB and its work to newly elected and returning MEPs as they settled into the […]
EFB News #28
European Family Businesses Newsletter # 28 Since we are already halfway through 2024, and with the EU elections just behind us, its time to reflect on the work we have been doing over the last few months. Recent events and meetings Next Generation Event 2024 – The EU from the Inside: What NextGens Need to […]
EFB News #27
EFB reflects on the latter months of 2023. Below, you will find an overview of the work we have been doing. Now that we are in the lead-up to the EU elections, which will take place between the 6th-9th June 2024, EFB has been working on ensuring that the points presented in our manifesto are communicated […]
EFBNews #26
EVENTS SME Intergroup European Family Businesses (EFB) was invited by MEP Martina Dlabajová, to co-host an SME Intergroup breakfast meeting with the European Economic Social Committee (EESC). The topic of discussion was Business Transfers in Europe: What’s next. The event was held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 28 February, 2023. We were thrilled to […]
EFBNews #25
Newsletter 25 The last six months of 2022 in retrospect 2022 has seen many changes throughout the world. Europe, specifically, was beginning to recover from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic when Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine began, bringing war to the European continent. The European Commission’s strong and united approach towards imposing sanctions on Russia […]
EFBNews #24
EFB Newsletter 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine As this crisis persists, we continue to think about all of those impacted by this war. We have shared on our social media and website a press release on the 8th March indicating our condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have also shared with members the support […]
EFBNews #23
EFB Newsletter 2021 EFB Governance At the extraordinary General Assembly on the 23th November 2021 the Members of EFB had the chance to vote for two new members of the EFB Executive Committee as well as a new Vice-President of the EFB Executive Committee. These votes were held via electronic poll due to the ongoing […]