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ARTICLE — 5 juni 2025

Put AI to work

EU must strengthen its productivity growth – a key message in former ECB President Mario Draghi’s report on Europe’s future competitiveness. In short: more needs to be produced with fewer working hours, writes Elin Lilliehök, policy advisor.

ARTICLE — 5 juni 2025

Simplifying the EU’s digital regulatory framework

The EU’s digital regulatory framework has developed into a thicket of overlapping requirements and unclear delimitations. This complexity hampers innovation and creates legal uncertainty for businesses across Europe, write Carola Ekblad och Carolina Brånby.

ARTICLE — 26 maj 2025

Business message to the Danish Presidency: Unity and determined action needed to strengthen EU economy

With the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU starting soon, the BusinessEurope’s Council of Presidents met with Morten Bødskov, Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, to outline the European business community’s key priorities for the upcoming Danish Presidency.

ARTICLE — 13 maj 2025

”Simplify the GDPR and the AI-act for a strong Europe”

Companies involved in the development and use of new AI solutions need a more reasonable regulatory framework to relate to so that we in a safe and efficient way can leverage the potential of AI even further, write Göran Gren and Carolina Brånby.

ARTICLE — 6 maj 2025

Don’t Undermine the EU’s Simplification Efforts – Rethink the EWC Directive Revision

In a joint letter to those responsible for the trilogue negotiations, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, together with its French and German sister organizations, criticizes the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive.

ARTICLE — 29 april 2025

EU legislators must not get stuck in details

For simplification efforts to contribute to making European capital markets more attractive and increase the competitiveness of European businesses, the EU legislators must not get stuck in details and technical complexity. This is the joint message from Nordic industry associations.

ARTICLE — 16 april 2025

The aim must be to reach a negotiated solution with the US

When the US administration changes its course, the EU must affirm its commitment to predictability, clarity and rules-based trade policy and well-functioning markets, writes Ingrid Serup, expert on trade policy.

ARTICLE — 20 mars 2025

Comments Regarding the Savings and Investment Union Strategy

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise welcomes the European Commission’s focus on capital markets and the strategy and ambitions for the Savings and Investment Union.

ARTICLE — 11 mars 2025

State aid rules update goes the wrong way

The European Commission published a draft of new state aid rules, further opening up the possibility for state support for certain investments and production. It´s a a step in the wrong direction, write experts Alexandra Leonhard and Stefan Sagebro.

ARTICLE — 28 februari 2025

The Clean Industrial Deal - A Step In The Right Direction

The overall framework and direction of the EU Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal is good. The focus is now on how various legislative proposals impact the competitiveness of the industry, writes Stefan Sagebro, Director for industrial policy, competition and state aid at Swedish Enterprise.

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