News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
EuroCommerce – the association representing retailers and wholesalers in Brussels – supports yesterday’s political agreement on the Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence, as long as it brings much-needed simplification and clarity to the implementation of the AI Act.
The EU Taxonomy, Europe’s classification system for green activities, is in danger of being weakened, following the Commission’s new criteria review proposal. Several proposed changes miss the target of making the criteria easier and instead open the door to watering some of them down.
Europe’s retail and wholesale sector is stepping into the heart of EU policymaking with the launch of the first European Retail & Wholesale Week inside the European Parliament.
The EU Council has given its final stamp to a new EU law harmonising key aspects of insolvency rules across the EU, reducing the complexity of different national insolvency rules.
“The proposal for the EU Inc. puts forward a single company law framework to incentivise cross-border activities, which should allow for smoother ways for SMEs to expand within the Single Market.”
EU Inc., the proposal for a new single set of corporate rules, will make it easier for businesses to start, operate and grow across the EU, and incentivise them to stay in Europe, says the European Commission.
The Spring 2026 edition of the SMEunited Craft and SME Barometer reports a stagnating business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises across the European Union.
