Fruitful exchange w/ Sari Rautio, #EPP President at the EU Committee of the Regions, on several EU topics, from the #MFF to the #SingleMarket 📈 We must join efforts for a stronger #Europe & better communication on the benefits that regional projects, implemented by EU companies, bring to citizens🤝

#Cyprus has started its @cy2026eu.bsky.social EU Presidency! Priorities include strategic autonomy, #security & #EUCompetitiveness. So what shall we expect from the new Presidency❓ ➡️ Read more w/ our President @sandraparthie.bsky.social: link.europa.eu/4n8cHj #CY2026EU #Act4EUCompetitiveness

The first EU Democracy agenda reinforces the role of @eesc.bsky.social 🛡️ The European #Democracy Shield is a call to collective action and we play a pivotal role in bridging citizens, civil society & EU policymakers ➡️ Read more w/ our member Christa Schweng: link.europa.eu/hJrnmf

🟢 Public #procurement must be treated as a strategic #investment tool, not a bureaucratic exercise. Cut red tape, standardise documentation, train buyers: this can make a difference. ➡️ Learn more w/ Rapporteur Katrina Zarina: link.europa.eu/3dNTtm #Act4EUCompetitiveness

The European #Competitiveness Fund is a welcomed tool but its success lies in cooperation w/ businesses, #SingleMarket integration & an environment that encourages #innovation & investments⚡ ➡️ Learn more w/ Rapporteur Milena Angelova: link.europa.eu/NnBfj3

Europe needs a stronger #SingleMarket. Our key recommendations to the @ec.europa.eu: 🔹removing territorial supply constraints; 🔹leveraging standardisation to drive integration and innovation; 🔹expanding the single market to strategic sectors such as energy and finance. More: link.europa.eu/gYNyVh

🛰️ The EU Space Act’s vision of a unified #InternalMarket for #space products, services & data is promising but success hinges on implementing a streamlined authorisation process. ➡️ Read more with Marcin Nowacki, President of EESC Transport section 👇 link.europa.eu/RVfxdM

We support the EU #SingleMarketStrategy but call for a TRULY swift implementation. We need a collective #EU response that integrates all territories & simplifies regulations ✅ 👇 Learn more with Emilie Prouzet, President of the EESC #SingleMarket section. #Act4EUCompetitiveness

📍 Ahead of the Irish EU presidency in 2026 we also met w/ Chambers #Ireland & IBEC. Glad to see the alignment btw our priorities incl. the need to support small firms in their fight against regulatory burden & in promoting an open #trade agenda 🎯 #Act4EUCompetitiveness @sandraparthie.bsky.social

In #Dublin we met with the National Economic and Social Council of #Ireland. Interesting work in preparation of the Irish EU presidency on social #cohesion. It will be crucial to involve #employers in the debate 🤝 #Act4EUCompetitiveness

➡️ Read more here: smeunited.eu/news/smes-ne... @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @employers-eesc.bsky.social #DGENV #GreenTransition #Sustainability #Waste #Environment #Competitiveness

Valuable exchange in Dublin ahead of the Irish EU presidency in 2026. We discussed #EUCompetitiveness, red tape reduction & investments with the Office of the Prime Minister, FA & Enterprise Departments. Our message: 📍 Make Europe attractive for business 📍 Ensure growth & functioning infrastructure

🗨️ Young entrepreneurs are at the heart of #EUCompetitiveness. We cannot afford to waste their #talent. We will keep calling for #simplification, access to finance & a supportive environment for youth #entrepreneurship 🎯 - Our President @sandraparthie.bsky.social at the JEUNE General Assembly -

Thank you to everyone taking part in the #WaterResilience Forum! Great to see such strong shared commitment across sectors to turn political priorities into concrete action, invest accurately and strengthen cooperation across 🇪🇺to secure #waterresilience by 2050 #EUBlueDeal

#EU employers need rules that support #business, not that slow it down. At the event "How can #simplification support EU #economic development?" of Pracodawcy RP we shared our proposal for a new AI tool to quantify, compare & cut red tape 🎯 🔗 Read more: europa.eu/!HRM7Dh @sandraparthie.bsky.social

#Cyprus, which is preparing for the EU Presidency #cy2026EUsec, has emerged as one of #Europe’s top #business locations. So what shall we expect from the upcoming Presidency ❓ ➡️ Read more with our President @sandraparthie.bsky.social: link.europa.eu/4n8cHj

📢 Our December #newsletter is out! This month we talk about: 🔹 #SingleMarket Strategy 🔹 #EUCompetitiveness Fund 🔹 Permanent Materials 🔹 Public procurement 🔹 🇪🇺 #Space Act ...and more❗ #Act4EUCompetitiveness ➡️ Read our newsletter: link.europa.eu/rJHbTf

📍 Discussing the #MFF w/ @piotrserafin.bsky.social, Commissioner for Budget, we stressed that to strengthen EU #productivity & strategic autonomy the #MFF must prioritise #investment in #innovation, digitalisation, workforce #upskilling & the modernisation of #industrial value chains 📈 #EESCPlenary

📍 To mark #IYC2025, we held a debate on Cooperatives during our December #EESCPlenary. Cooperatives offer a model of participation & demonstrate that #economic success does not have to come at the expense of social wellbeing. This is why we should support cooperative #entrepreneurship 🎯

🗨️ AI, #trade, #water scarcity, access to #finance, #EUCompetitiveness... the choice is clear: build a #Europe that leads or risk being left behind. And the latter is not an option 🎯 👉 Read the interview of our Pres. @sandraparthie.bsky.social for Philenews: shorturl.at/24mKP

How can the 28th Regime support #business❓Our Study is clear: only if voluntary for companies, mandatory for Member States to offer & avoids overlapping w/ areas already regulated at #EU level. #Act4EUCompetitiveness @sandraparthie.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social

How can the 28th Regime support #business❓ The answer of our new study, presented today with Ana Gallego Torres, DG of DG Justice, is simple: not through imposing harmonisation, but through voluntary alignment 🎯 🔗 Press Release: link.europa.eu/dqyhYF #Act4EUCompetitiveness

Making #Europe work in a better & smarter way for #SMEs is one of the priorities of the upcoming Cypriot EU Presidency. As we gather in Cyprus ahead of #CY2026EU, we are making sure the voice of #businesses is heard📍 Find out more with our Pres. @sandraparthie.bsky.social 👇 #Act4EUCompetitiveness

🗨️ We need to regain the perspective of #growth for #SMEs across the #EU. The focus on reducing #administrative burdens must offer a real chance to make growth simpler, faster & fairer for small #businesses 📈 Our President @sandraparthie.bsky.social at #SMEAssembly #Act4EUCompetitiveness

#Europe’s strength depends on whether our #SMEs merely survive or truly thrive. The latter will only happen if we create the right #business environment. They key is to: ✅ Simplify ✅ Innovate ✅ Integrate Our member Emilie Prouzet at the #SMEAssembly #Act4EUCompetitiveness

The #SMEassembly is back❗As #entrepreneurs face a labyrinth of red tape, our message is clear: we must simplify, not by lowering standards, but by designing smarter regulation that favours innovation & growth 📈 Stay tuned! #Act4EUCompetitiveness @sandraparthie.bsky.social

💧The #EU should ensure #WaterResilience not only within but especially outside its borders. Migration pressure is also at stake. In an interview to Eunews, Milena Angelova explains the link btw water, climate & #security. The EU foreign policy should integrate #BlueDiplomacy Read more ⤵️

🌾When the EU Commission presented its proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (#CAP), it presented it as a bold new course toward #simplification & #EUCompetitiveness. But can this reform deliver on its ambition❓ ➡️ Learn more: link.europa.eu/8xfHcT @nat-eesc.bsky.social

🏦 Why is #securitisation a strategic financing superpower❓ Keeping #banks financing the real economy without excessive reliance on public or external capital, securitisation mobilises private capital in service of public goals 🎯 ➡️ Learn more: link.europa.eu/gCvjTP

📍 Since the #Letta & #Draghi reports too little has changed. The watchwords are clear: #competitiveness & #simplification. But these words must be transformed into concrete reforms & investments ➡️ Read more with Emilie Prouzet, new President of the Internal Market section: link.europa.eu/VRdDx3

🗨️ Our advisory role has never been more important. It is our duty to make sure that the realities citizens & #businesses face every day are heard and understood at every level 📍 Alena Mastantuono, new EESC VP for budget at #EESCplenary 🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/GUHoW81mnNs

📍 #EU enterprises sustain the very fabric of our societies & must be given the space to flourish, not be bound by red tape. We need a #Europe that leads rather than follows 🎯 Our Pres. @sandraparthie.bsky.social at #EESCplenary 🎥 Watch the video: youtu.be/7h-r-D7qMCU

📢 Our October #newsletter is out! This month we talk about: 🔹 #EESC Renewal 🔹 The vision of our new President 🔹 A word from Alena Mastantuono, new VP for Budget, & Emilie Prouzet, new President of EESC INT 🔹 #CleanIndustrialDeal 🔹 CAP ...and more❗ ➡️ Read our newsletter: lnkd.in/eEtp9Bh

🗣️ We cannot choose btw climate action & economic growth. Heat & water are destroying capital. We must move to low-carbon energy & improve #energy efficiency. Businesses provide solutions but we need clarity on targets 🎯 @sandraparthie.bsky.social at #EFNI2025

📍 Preparedness & #defence are two sides of the same coin. A strong #economy ensures preparedness. We don't need more regulation, but more transparency & flexibility. This helps #businesses & boosts the confidence needed to face crises🛡️ Stefano Mallia at #EFNI2025

💧 The EU #WaterResilienceStrategy builds on the #EESC work on the #BlueDeal. It is not only a way to protect the environment but also to preserve #EUCompetitiveness & ensure the #preparedness of our society 📈 👇 Learn more w/ András Edelényi: link.europa.eu/RCHtJd @ccmi-eesc.bsky.social

How can we foster the EU #cleantech sector❓With a clean tech #industrial policy that can deliver: ✅Decarbonisation ✅#EUCompetitiveness ✅ Resilience ➡️ Learn more with our member Pietro Francesco De Lotto and read our Opinion: link.europa.eu/bnH8WB #Act4EUCompetitiveness @ccmi-eesc.bsky.social

How can the EU lead the next automotive revolution❓ ✅ A bold industrial policy ✅ A just social transition ✅ Sustainable mobility This will build a more #innovative & #competitive Europe 🎯 Learn more with Rapporteur Gonçalo da Gama Lobo: link.europa.eu/ctXHCq @ccmi-eesc.bsky.social

📍#Competition must be fair, transparent & sustainable, but third country platforms, particularly from #China, are testing the limits of that commitment. We need action to protect our #SingleMarket #Act4EUCompetitiveness ➡️ Read our article: europa.eu/!XFMjBJ

🗣️ For too long 🇪🇺 has been burdened by excessive regulations. The #Omnibus packages & #simplification agenda are steps forward but they must deliver tangible & measurable impacts. Not years from now, but NOW ⏳ Our member MilenaAngelova at the OPC Summit organised by #SMEConnect

🗣️ Climate targets must be coupled w/ enabling policies to ensure #EUCompetitiveness of industries, a just transition & use of all clean technologies. #Enlargement must also be considered as it will impact #climate policy. Teppo Säkkinen at #EESCplenary 🔗 Read the Opinion: link.europa.eu/Nxr9wW

#EU start-ups are world class but too many move abroad in search of funding, talent or easier #markets. How can they escape the "Valley of Death"❓ Let's find out with Rapporteur @miramaria.bsky.social for @brusselstimes.com #Act4EUCompetitiveness

📢 Our September #newsletter is out! This month we talk about 🔹 #SOTEU 🔹 Start-ups & scale-ups 🔹 Enforcement of #SingleMarket Rules 🔹 Fair #competition 🔹 #Defence investments 🔹 EU #Steel & Metals Action Plan 🔹 #Automotive Industry ...and much more❗🔗 link.europa.eu/KW3NqM #Act4EUCompetitiveness

The #Draghi report set the course of action but #businesses need results now. #EUCompetitiveness is not a slogan, it is the condition for 🇪🇺’s prosperity. Better #regulation & robust governance are the foundations 🎯 ➡️ More: lnkd.in/eXd93QTm #Act4EUCompetitiveness

📢 We strongly support Pres. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu urgent push for a stronger #EU with a focus on #industrial & #EUCompetitiveness. The new initiatives announced at #SOTEU are positive, but the real test lies in delivery 🎯 #Act4EUCompetitiveness ➡️ Read our press release: europa.eu/!GgtG4j

#EUCompetitiveness is on trial: the EU must accelerate the pace for transformation. Pres @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu in her #SOTEU has a unique chance to set the tone for the years ahead. #EU employers are listening for urgency. Our Pres Stefano Mallia for @agenceurope.bsky.social shorturl.at/sFyYw

EU #legislation is so complex that even lawmakers themselves often find it difficult to navigate. We recommend streamlining the process though both plain language & #digital technologies🎯 👇 Read the interview of our member Alena Mastantuono for #EUPerspective #AI #Digitalisation

📢 The new @europarl.europa.eu #Eurobarometer confirm what #EU citizens consider priorities: ❇️ #Defence & #security (37%) ❇️ #EUCompetitiveness (32%) ❇️ #Energy independence (27%) EU businesses are part of the solution and will keep doing their part 🎯 ➡️ More: europa.eu/!vvRMYM #Act4EUCompetitiveness

🚢 The Emissions Trading System is a pillar of the #green objectives but so far #impact assessments focused on carbon leakage and not on indirect effect on firms. They should. 👇 Read more w/ Rapporteur Krister Andersson: europa.eu/!kbfxB9 #Act4EUCompetitiveness

🚢 Fragmentation of #supply chains and disruptions in international #trade networks contribute to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, affecting millions across the #EU. 👇 Learn more with rapporteur Dimitris Dimitriadis: