Single market

Other battles

‘Better Regulation’ watchdog forms to protect citizen, worker, consumer rights

19.05.2015
Group aims to closely follow the developments on Better Regulation and the initiatives and actions from the Commission, Parliament and Member States in this area.
Other battles

Leaked Draft Commission Work Programme 2015

15.12.2014
CEO obtained a scanned copy of the Leaked Draft Commission Work Programme 2015, containing controversial plans to scrap EU proposals for environmental and social legislation.
Other battles

The crusade against 'red tape': How the European Commission and big business push for deregulation

31.10.2014
A crusade for big business-friendly deregulation, waged during José Manuel Barroso's Presidency of the European Commission, shows no signs of stopping. This neoliberal push to weaken or block new legislation appears likely to expand with Jean-Claude Juncker's new Commission team.
Lobbying the EU

The “Permanent Liaison”: how ERT and BusinessEurope set the agenda for the EU Summit

20.03.2014
The issue of 'competitiveness' will be dominating the discussions at the European Council Summit that takes place on 20-21 March. An important theme for big business as measures in this field are, while attacking citizen's rights, generally in line with industry's interests. Therefore, in the past months, major industry lobby groups ERT and BusinessEurope have been bent on exerting their influence on the agenda and discussions of first the Competitiveness Council meeting and then the EU Summit – and seem to have succeeded.