Worsening floods, droughts, wildfires, and storms, combined with the loss of natural defences such as forests and wetlands, are making insurance increasingly inaccessible across Europe.
Today, National Ministers discussed how to end the use of unjustified territorial supply constraints during the Competitiveness Council. Territorial supply constraints increase prices and limit product choice, meaning some consumers are paying more than others across the EU.
Ecommerce Europe and EuroCommerce are proud to unveil the 2025 European E-commerce Report.
“While SMEunited recognises the importance of enhancing the quality of traineeships, we consider the proposed Directive as counterproductive, particularly for SMEs.”
EuroCommerce is deeply concerned by the weakening of the Single Market after today’s European Parliament’s plenary vote that accepted opening negotiations based on the Agriculture Committee’s report on cross-border enforcement of rules on unfair trading practices (UTPs).
In today’s annual State of the Union address, President Ursula von der Leyen emphasised the need for the EU to step up its efforts on climate action – for scientific, economic and security reasons -by continuing the progress made by the European Green Deal, setting ambitious intermediate climate targets, and channelling investment into climate adaptation, resilience and nature based solutions.
SMEunited strongly welcomes the Commission recommendation on the Voluntary Standard for SMES (VSME) on sustainability reporting.
