💼We welcome the #EuropeanBusinessWallet as a cornerstone of a simpler, digital‑by‑default #singlemarket — secure, interoperable & accessible for all EU businesses, esp. SMEs.
A voluntary, trusted EBW can reduce red tape & strengthen EU digital sovereignty. bit.ly/PositionEBW
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🏭The #IndustrialAcceleratorAct is a step toward strengthening Europe’s industrial base. At the same time, ‘Made in Europe’ and low-carbon content criteria must remain workable and proportionate, particularly for #SMEs.➡️Read our reaction: bit.ly/PR_IAA
@ec.europa.eu @steph-sejourne.bsky.social
At #EUSocialForum, @benjbutters.bsky.social spoke on closing the #skills gap for a #competitive Europe:🎯pact commitments must deliver training, EU funding access & a voice in policy🚀impact matters more than pledge numbers💪EU tools should help scale what works: mobility & #VET in #Erasmus+.
📢Eurochambres News #96 is out🎙️Vladimír Dlouhý calls for a pragmatic #singlemarket integration strategy on #BrusselsMyLove, 🎥@BenJButters talks US-tariffs on CNN International, 🌳simplifying #EUDR🔋17/03: Energy for the Clean Industrial Deal with @dihk.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/ECHNews96
📄 Read our full message to Commissioner Roswall www.eurochambres.eu/wp-content/u...
🌳In a letter to Jessika Roswall, ECH President Vladimír Dlohý calls for the #EUDR #simplification rev. to:
✅ Apply the once-only principle
✅ Eliminate residual compliance obligations for downstream operators
✅Create de minimis thresholds
✅ Introduce “Zero-risk” category
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⚡ Energy for the Clean Industrial Deal ⚡
Join us & @dihk.bsky.social to discuss progress on industrial #decarbonisation, energy affordability & #competitiveness.
📍 Thon Hotel EU, BXL
🗓 17/03 2026 | 18:00–19:30
📝 Registration DL: 13/03
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🎙️"We need a change of mindset in Europe!" Eurochambres President Vladimír Dlouhý advocates for more political buy-in from member states to boost #competitiveness on #BrusselsMyLove with Nicolas Schmit, Kait Bolongaro & @meabhmcmahon.bsky.social.
🎧 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
💬Speaking on #TechnologicalSovereignty & #Competitiveness at #EPW2026 in @europarl.europa.eu, our CEO @benjbutters.bsky.social underlined that the path to tech sovereignty must not come at the cost of European businesses’ capacity to operate, compete and invest.
🤝 Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and amid continued attacks on energy and transport infrastructure, Eurochambres remains is committed than ever to supporting Ukrainian chambers in helping businesses stay operational and resilient.
@benjbutters.bsky.social
⏰Ahead of the 26/02 #COMPET Council, our President Vladimír Dlouhý urged EU ministers to turn political momentum into concrete action: 🪙#SME-friendly #Competitiveness Fund, 🧩stronger #singlemarket integration, 🔋lower energy costs. 📩 bit.ly/FebCOMPETCou...
@cy2026eu.bsky.social @dihk.bsky.social
The Digital Omnibus could tidy up the #EUDigitalRulebook, but only if it tackles real burdens. ✅Positive #GDPR & #DataAct tweaks, but removing #PlatformToBusiness weakens SME protections. On #AIAct, businesses need time & legal certainty.
Our position➡️bit.ly/PositionDigitalOmnibus
📢Eurochambres News #95 is out!🎯 President Vladimír Dlouhý calls on EU leaders to act against rising cost of non-competitiveness, 🗃️our stance on #BetterRegulation, 🎌 new missions by EU Business Hub, 🔋17/03: Energy for the Clean Industrial Deal with @dihk.bsky.social 🔗https://bit.ly/ECHNews95
✅Permitting must turn into a strategic enabler of #competitiveness! Eurochambres and other business associations call for a coherent and streamlined permitting framework across sectors and projects.
➡️ Joint statement: bit.ly/JointICP
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✒️ As EU leaders meet to discuss Europe’s economic future, our President Vladimír Dlouhý warns that the cost of a non-competitive Europe is rising fast.
🗞️ full Op-Ed: agenceurope.eu/en/bulletin/...
@benjbutters.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu @steph-sejourne.bsky.social @wko.at @dihk.bsky.social
@steph-sejourne.bsky.social @vdombrovskis.bsky.social @wko.at @dihk.bsky.social @ep-eprs.bsky.social
📢 Eurochambres calls for stronger, SME-focused #BetterRegulation: ⚖️proportional law-making, 💪SME engagement, 🤖smarter digital tools & ✅“simplicity by design.”
Prevention is better than cure!
📄Explore our position: bit.ly/Position_Bet...
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Our #competitiveness to-do-list for @consilium.europa.eu in the run-up to their informal Alden Biesen-retreat on 12/02:✂️accelerate #simplification,🔓tackle #singlemarket barriers, 🛡️secure affordable energy & raw materials, 🎓fund #VET & mobility to build skills
📑https://bit.ly/InputCompetitiveness
📢Eurochambres News #94 is out! 🏅ECH Presidency in Cyprus calls on @cy2026eu.bsky.social to keep #simplification momentum, ⚖️our position on revision of #PublicProcurement rules, 🏦 Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in @europarl.europa.eu, 🎓 EULEP final conference on 4 March
🔗https://bit.ly/ECHNews94
📘 Discover our full position: bit.ly/PositionEUPPR
@wko.at @dihk.bsky.social @steph-sejourne.bsky.social @benjbutters.bsky.social
As the EU prepares the #PublicProcurement revision, chambers call for simpler, coherent rules:
☑️reduce fragmentation
☑️lower SME barriers
☑️enable cross-border bids
☑️ keep procurement focused on competition & value for money
New requirements risk fewer bids & higher costs 👇
🤝Eurochambres Presidency Meeting in Nicosia, bringing together chamber leaders & Cy top officials: 💪 Strengthening European #competitiveness is a shared priority for European chambers & @cy2026eu.bsky.social !
Thanks to CCCI & pres. Stavros Stavrou for hosting this event!
@benjbutters.bsky.social
⁉️Unclear rules = 📉lower #investment.
#Trade policy uncertainty threatens European businesses as a whole, hitting export-oriented countries the hardest.
📑Full analysis (25 yrs, 24 EU countries): bit.ly/TradePolicyU...
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Trade Agreements are effective counter measures to trade Policy Uncertainty, which damages European Investments. Check out our new Chief Economists Group Working Paper: bit.ly/TradePolicyUncertainty
💪Boosting #competitiveness and 🌏global #connectivity, 📦significantly increasing EU goods #exports, and 🚧drastically reducing #tariffs: The #EU- #India trade agreement has great potential and comes at the right time, says Eurochambres CEO @benjbutters.bsky.social
📢Eurochambres News #93 is out! 📉New analysis shows that trade uncertainty cuts business investment, ⚖️ @europarl.europa.eu blow to Mercosur deal, 🤝 TEBD II kick-off in Istanbul, 🤖 reality-check for the EU Digital Decade 🔗 bit.ly/ECHNews93
@europarl.europa.eu 's decision to send EU- #Mercosur FTA to the EU Court of Justice is a further blow for business confidence, adding the damaging current climate of international trade uncertainty. Delaying this landmark agreement threatens European #investments, #job creation, & #growth!
New analysis (25 yrs, 24 EU countries) shows:
📉 Trade uncertainty cuts business investment
📦 Export-oriented countries hit hardest
⏰ Effects grow over time, full consequences still unfolding
📑: bit.ly/TradePolicyU...
#ChiefEconomistsGroup #InvestmentUnderUncertainty
📄 Check out our Joint statement together with 27 European Business Associations: www.eurochambres.eu/wp-content/u...
🖊️ Today's signing of the EU-#Mercosur agreement attests to the importance of rules-based #trade. The agreement is supposed to boost our #competitiveness & open new opportunities for European #exports, #jobs, #investments & #growth. @europarl.europa.eu needs to swiftly endorse it!
