There is no Europe without its #SMEs. SMEs drive #innovation, ensure #resilience and sustain communities.
The #ThinkSmallFirst Charter demands better policy by design.
👉 Sign the Charter: smevision2040.eu/charter
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu
#SMEvision2040
2026 must be the year when Think Small First moves from a principle on paper to a real practice in policymaking.
➡️ Join the shift. Sign the Charter: smevision2040.eu/charter
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu @nielsflemming.konservative.dk
#ThinkSmallFirst #SMEvision2040
📣 Our weekly #SME recap:
✅ #ConsumerAgenda 2030 – protect compliant businesses
✅ #GreenDeal – SME-friendly insights
✅ EU #VET Strategy – SMEunited priorities
✅ #AffordableHousing – #SMEs driving local solutions
✅ GLEAM NSR in Rotterdam
➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
@ec.europa.eu
“An SME-fit implementation must empower #SMEs to transition while staying competitive", said @andreasbrieger.bsky.social
on the Implementation of the #GreenDeal.
SMEunited urges the #EnvironmentalOmnibus to ensure:
✅ Clear rules
✅ Transition time
✅ Faster legal certainty
🌍 Europe’s #SMEs face rising floods, droughts, heatwaves & wildfires - yet remain underprepared & underinsured.
Our new paper outlines how the #EU can boost #ClimateResilience through:
✅ Accessible insurance
✅ Stronger risk awareness
✅ Climate-proof investment
Defence Readiness?
🌡️ Europe is warming faster than any other continent - and #SMEs are already feeling the impact.
At SMEunited’s Working Group on #ClimateResilience, members explored how SMEs can prepare for heatwaves, floods & droughts.
With input from @eea.europa.eu on growing climate risks.
Ein Beweis, dass der Abbau von fossilen Subventionen ein Mammutprojekt ist und dass Industriegewerkschaften die grüne Transformation noch nicht ganz verstanden haben. Was ich nicht verstehe: Verzichtet jemand auf sein Dienstwagen-Privileg nur wegen der Antriebsart?
Besser spät als nie. Sozialer Klimaschutz statt mit der Öko-Brechstange. Die Vorschläge klingen passend, mal sehen ob jemand aus der geschrumpften GroKo mitliest.
📣 Our latest results for the SME Business Climate Index and the EU Craft and SME Barometer are out!
➡️ More: smeunited.eu/news/smes-bu...
📈 Read the full EU Craft and SME Barometer here: www.smeunited.eu/admin/storag...
Was bleibt eigentlich übrig, wenn uns Aufklärung, Flugabwehr, Artillerie, Raketen, Munition, und Drohnenabwehr fehlen? Socken und Helme?
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/euro...
Looking forward to empowering circular business models in the new #ECESP Coordination Group!
🪧 Ten thousand of workers didn’t show up at work today in a general strike.
😴 The Belgian government didn’t show up in the Belgian federal parliament to face a critical discussion about budget and „reforms“.
❤️ My solidarity lies with the people.
Die Bahn streicht die Familienreservierung. Statt Platz für Kinder gibt’s jetzt Rechnungen. Bis zu 27,50 € extra – nur fürs Sitzen.
🌍 Familien brauchen klimafreundliche Mobilität! Jetzt WeAct-Petition unterzeichnen! weact.campact.de/petitions/di...
More than 100 associations and ten thousands of people in the streets of Brussels, calling for simplification of sustainability legislation!
Mehr Wehrpflichtige wegen mehr Drohnen. Interessante Kausalkette.
Abschießen, obwohl das wissenschaftlich kein probates Mittel sei. Verantwortliche Politik?
Das man in der Sache was tun muss, steht außer Frage. Aktionismus und Populismus hilft da allerdings reichlich wenig.
📢 #SMEs support the #EU2040 climate goal - but they require the right conditions to deliver:
✅ Clarity & planning security: Stable, predictable rules enable long-term #investment
🌍 Reliable carbon credits
🔁 Cross-sector flexibility allows SMEs to adapt & cut emissions
@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
📢 SMEunited is currently seeking an Executive Assistant to the Secretary General and President. This full-time position is based in Brussels and the person will report directly to the Secretary-General.
➡️ Apply here by 1 September: www.smeunited.eu/about-us#jobs
#hiring
📣 This week’s #SME recap:
🔁 #CleanIndustrialDialogue on circularity
🎓 SMEs push for stronger #apprenticeship recognition
🧭 SME-friendly Quality Jobs Roadmap
♀️ Focus on women’s economic empowerment
📘 #ConsumerLawReady 2025
📢 We’re hiring!
➡️ Enjoy the read: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
@ec.europa.eu
Realsatire aus Köln: „Statt besser zu werden, sollen die Spielplätze nun besser heißen.“
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/koel...
#SMEs are key to the circular transition – but the business case still doesn’t add up - President Salminen at the #CleanIndustrialDialogue.
The #CircularEconomyAct must:
🔹 #ThinkSmallFirst
🔹 Cut VAT for 🍃 products
🔹 Simplify rules
🔹 Boost circular hubs
▶️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/clean-i...
💧 #Water is both a basic necessity and a vital resource for #SME resilience, continuity & #competitiveness.
However, droughts, floods & policy gaps are putting small businesses at risk.
▶️ SMEunited calls for SME-centred water action: www.smeunited.eu/admin/storag...
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
Entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed, unheard & overlooked, President @petrisalminen.bsky.social at today’s General Assembly. #SMEs welcome the pledge to cut red tape - now promises must turn into action.
▶️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/smart-l...
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#ThinkSmallFirst
📣 This week’s #SME recap:
✅ Smart rules & less red tape
✅ Future-proofing Europe’s #water system
✅ #SMEs & fair #ETS2 rollout
✅ Resilience in energy-intensive sectors
✅ #SustainableFinance Survey
✅ #Hiring: Senior Policy Advisor
➡️ Enjoy: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...
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Time for cold and short showers or the good old washcloth. The #SME perspective on #WaterResilience:
💡 Encourage innovation in water efficiency
🚭 Apply proportional application of polluter pays principle
⚠️ Include SME support channels
➡️ Read our press release: www.smeunited.eu/news/making-...
#SMEs are a crucial part of the EU ecosystem- economically and politically.
👍 Couldn’t agree more with Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
🐝 @smeunited.bsky.social will continue to make a buzz on #circulareconomy, #waterresilience, and #greening
"SMEs will make or break the EU’s #decarbonisation targets", says @andreasbrieger.bsky.social at the Renew Europe Stakeholder Roundtable.
✅ Roadmap & funding for #SMEs in #CleanIndustrialDeal
✅ Circular Economy Act & #ThinkSmallFirst
✅ Decouple gas from electricity
Finally, I made it to this years #EUGreenWeek on #CircularEconomy. Somehow everyone decided to invite me to parallel sessions.
You can meet @smeunited.bsky.social today:
🎤 14-15:15 Session on industrial Symbiosis
🗣️ 15:15 at the @ecesp.bsky.social booth
💧 The #WaterResilience Strategy must empower #SMEs to boost water efficiency.
By applying the #ThinkSmallFirst principle, it should support the smallest companies with targeted incentives & tools to tackle pressures on Europe’s freshwater ecosystems.
➡️ More: www.smeunited.eu/news/making-...
We all support fighting intentional #greenwashing. However, the current state of the #GreenClaims Directive is notion line with the think-small-first principle. We need a real simplification for #SMEs.
