Véronique Willems
@vcwillems
Secretary general @SMEunited / entrepreneurship / running
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http://smeunited.eu 17-04-2012 11:35:35
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'We need an #SME-friendly and competitive single market for a strong and liveable Europe. #SMEs, like bees, thrive in the right environment' - SG Véronique Willems at the Swedish Permanent Representation event on the future of the #singlemarket. ▶️Read more: bit.ly/3UwFJEG
#SMEs that make up 99.8% of European enterprises, depend on bank lending and have very limited options for financing their riskier innovation and #investment projects - President Petri Salminen ➡ Read more: bit.ly/3QzdX85 #SMEs4Europe #EUelections24 #UseYourVote
Inflationary pressure, overindebted public households and high public deficits are challenging the economic perspective of #SMEs. SMEunited call for action to stabilise the macroeconomic environment - Petri Salminen ➡ More: bit.ly/4bwzaZ2 #SMEs4Europe #EUelections24
Meaningful exchange in Bruxelles 🇪🇺 with SMEunited on the implementation of “Much More than a Market”. Many thanks Petri Salminen Véronique Willems.
📣Our #SME weekly ✅New EU mandate must shape Europe for #Crafts and #SMEs ✅SMEunited GA exchanges on the future of the #singlemarket - Enrico Letta ✅#Crafts role in society in focus of @EU2024BE ✅Alternative Dispute Resolution ➡Enjoy bit.ly/3XmMURE #SMEs4Europe
Our SG Véronique Willems emphasised the importance of developing the capacity of #SME #employer organisations to engage in #socialdialogue and the #EUSemester. She also welcomed the template campaign to enhance the representativeness of SME employer organisations after the #COVID crisis
Joined by EU Social 🇪🇺’s Deputy Director-General Stefan Olsson, we discussed the involvement of #SMEs in EU #SocialDialogue and the follow-up to the #ValDuchesse Declaration, co-signed by SMEunited.
📢Our #SME weekly: ✅Call on the European Parliament to foster an entrepreneurial EU ✅EU-#Türkiye #trade dialogue ✅#Tax compliance hinders SME internationalisation ✅SME voice in #socialdialogue ✳️Small Business Standards (SBS) call for experts, Meeting #Standards Campaign ▶️Enjoy: bit.ly/3LhRxp4
Small businesses urge policies for the 99.8% of EU companies, not the 0.2%, focusing on implementation. We welcome that Mrs Ursula von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines states that future legislation must be designed with #SMEs in mind - Petri Salminen More: bit.ly/4bONB9S
Finding entrepreneurial inspiration in #Turku at the Eurooppa-foorumi with SMEunited President Petri Salminen and Suomen Yrittäjät - starting with Opening by Enrico Letta and PM Petteri Orpo