Confederation of European Business
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| Abbreviation | BusinessEurope |
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| Location | |
Region served | European Union |
President | Pierre Gattaz |
Director General | |
| Website | businesseurope.eu |
The Confederation of European Business, shortened BusinessEurope, is a lobby group representing enterprises of all sizes in the European Union (EU) and seven non-EU European countries. Members of the confederation are 40 national industry and employers' organizations. The current president of the confederation is Pierre Gattaz, while the Director General is .
Based in Brussels, the confederation is officially recognised as a social partner at European level, is involved in a range of economic and social decisions and cooperates with a number of stakeholders and business partners. It promotes the interests of corporate citizens to ensure that public policy supports the European economy. It is generally considered the strongest interest organisation in Brussels[1] and represents 20 million companies through its member trade associations in 35 European countries.
History[]
In 2014, Unilever terminated its membership in BusinessEurope's Advisory and Support Group, because it opposed the organisation's stance on carbon dioxide emissions.[2][3]
Leadership[]
The association is led by a president. In the past, the following persons used to hold this office:[4][5]
- 1958–1961 Léon Bekaert
- 1961–1962 Georges Villiers
- 1962–1967 H. J. de Koster
- 1967–1971 Fritz Berg
- 1971–1975
- 1975–1980
- 1981–1983 Guido Carli
- 1984–1986 Raymond Pennock
- 1986–1990
- 1990–1994
- 1994–1998
- 1998–2003 Georges Jacobs
- 2003–2005 Jürgen Strube
- 2005–2009 Ernest-Antoine Seillière
- 2009–2013
- 2013-2018 Emma Marcegaglia
- Since July 2018 Pierre Gattaz
BusinessEurope is administrated by a director general. Markus J. Beyrer has been holding this position since 2013.[6]
Activities[]
The Confederation of European Business organises the annual BusinessEurope Day and European Business Summit in Brussels.
Member organisations[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Brussels' most powerful lobbyist? Step forward BusinessEurope | Corporate Europe Observatory".
- ^ "Unilever confirms it has quit BusinessEurope lobby group". 22 August 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "History of the organisation". Business Europe. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Jürgen Thumann wird EU-Lobbyist". Handelsblatt (in German). 29 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Ex-HP-Vorstand Rudolf Kemler wird ÖIAG-Chef". Die Presse (in German). 7 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- European Social Partners as recognised by the Treaty of Lisbon
- European Transparency Register
- RFI 20 May 2011
- Europolitique 21 January 2011
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