📣 #SME recap: ✅ #Niinistö report: SMEs key to EU #security ✅ #BetterRegulation to help #SMEs thrive ✅ SMEs' demands to Commissioners-designate ✅ #UrbanLogistics: insights from EU cities ✅ SBS Conference & #MeetingStandards Campaign ➡ Enjoy: bit.ly/4ftVXGs

A little cheat sheet for Commissioner-designate Dan Jørgensen …

#SMEs must be ready for disruptions from #climatechange, hybrid threats, #cyberattacks & armed conflicts. SMEunited welcomes the #Niinistö report as a first step but calls for more #SME recognition in EU #security & #preparedness strategy. ➡ Read more: bit.ly/3NRoyth

Here are some #SME related points that are worth being mentioned in the Jessika Roswall hearing. #water #circulareconomy #REACH

A little prep service for Hadja Lahbib hearing tomorrow…

Some topics that I expect Wopke Hoekstra to give answers to tomorrow…

Wie schnell autoritärer Konservativismus in Faschismus umschlagen kann, haben wir in der Endphase der Weimarer Republik gesehen. Zuzutrauen ist das #Trump allemal. Ich hoffe sehr, dass die Widerstandsfähigkeit einer 250-jährigen Demokratie größer ist. buff.ly/3CchyVA

Ahead of Raffaele Fitto hearing, we call for #SMEs to be central in #rural & #regional policy: ✅ More support for rural SMEs ✅ Simplify #CohesionPolicy post-2027 for easier EU funding ✅ #CAP to diversify #tourism/services ✅ City centre rejuvenation with #SME input #hearings

To drive transitions, SMEunited reminds Stéphane Séjourné of #SME demands: ✅Reduce regulatory burden ✅#BetterRegulation with mandatory #SMETest ✅Remove #singlemarket barriers ✅Uniform application of market rules ✅Enforce #publicprocurement & offer tailored #training #hearings

📣 Weekly #SME recap: ✅ Tackling #regulatory #burden & demographics ✅ #DueDiligence: making it work for businesses ✅ Insights on #urban #logistics ✅ Demystifying the #Standards creation process ✅ #Repair for #SMEs Growth Conference ➡ Enjoy the read: bit.ly/48J9Uhi

📣 Weekly #SME recap: ✅ Empower #SMEs, elevate #competitiveness ✅ #eDeclaration uptake ✅ Building a Safer Europe ✅ #Enterprise Policy Committee ✅ SMEs on #Deforestation ✅ #Sustainable uban #logistics ✅ #MeetingStandards week ▶️ Enjoy: bit.ly/3AxCl5z

New laws bring new obligations for #SMEs. The #SME Test is key to assess impacts - but how can we secure #BetterRegulation? Find out tomorrow at the #SMEAssembly2024 and in our upcoming #SMETest report! ▶️ More: bit.ly/3YMswZx BUSINESSEUROPE Eurochambres Promoting Enterprise

Clear report from #SMEs #EU rules remain too complex. In light of our goals for #simplification, I call on the European Commission to start applying the SMEtest more systematically and precisely in every upcoming legislation. We need to listen to the needs of our SMEs.

President Petri Salminen, SG Véronique Willems & Jesper Beinov met 🇩🇰 #SMEEnvoy Andreas Hauptmann to discuss ✅ Act on burden reduction ✅ #SingleMarket must #ThinkSmallFirst ✅ Enforce laws, stress-test the #EUAcquis ✅ Quick, accessible SME compliance tools ▶️ bit.ly/4dDMHyP

Greening our buildings is crucial, but neither trivial nor cheap. Interesting discussion about the role of #construction #SMEs at EBC event.

Am I the only business lobbyist at the #EGA2024?

📣 Weekly #SME recap: ✅SME Envoys in Budapest ✅#BetterRegulation stress test ✅#CSRD for #SMEs ✅#Training Committee insights ✅SMEs in #textile #EPR ✅#ConsumerLawReady at #SMEAssembly2024 ✅SBS experts' 2023 report ✅#MeetingStandards Week ▶️ Enjoy: bit.ly/411rY4y

🌿 Last call to join our #Cohousing inititative in #Brussels Ixelles ❤️ Shared values: community, diversity, energy transition, friendliness and caring 📅 Info-Session: 26/01, 14:00-15:30 📍 Café Solidaire, Rue de l’Ordre 29, 1050 Ixelles 👉 voltaxl.org/logements/

Yesterday Elon Musk spend 75 min to jointly spread fake news and revisionist ideas with the German extreme right party leader. What else does it need for all of you to leave this platform?