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How can the digital space simplify the #SingleMarket? Sophia Zakari shared key points: ✅ Less fragmentation & more transparency ✅ No silver bullet for #simplification: clarity, #digitalisation & realism together ✅ Fair access to data via the #DataAct for SME #competitiveness

📍 Lively debate today with our partners BUSINESSEUROPE & SMEunited. We exchanged on our priorities & discussed about simplification, #energy, #trade, #SingleMarket & more. We will keep working together to strengthen #EUCompetitiveness 🤝 #Act4EUCompetitiveness

Thanks for the very interesting discussion and your support to shape Europe for SMEs.

“Solving problems by spending money is not sustainable. Europe must use its scarce resources on new #investments, technologies and qualifications” - Gerhard Huemer 🇪🇺🇦🇹. Time to fix the #SingleMarket, cut red tape & strengthen administrative capacity. ▶️ More: bit.ly/4kI0O9S

📣 Our weekly #SME recap: ✅ #DigitalSummit on simplification ✅ Why subsidies can’t fix low #productivity ✅ Turning coffee bags into fashion ✅ Position papers: #UnionOfSkills, #STEM, Basic Skills ✅ Boosting SME voice in #SocialDialogue More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/news… #SMEs4SD

The #INTRUM team shared key findings from the 2025 European Payment Report with SMEunited: ✅ 9.85 hrs/week lost chasing #LatePayments ✅ 56% of firms accept uncomfortable payment terms ✅ 10M companies & 40M jobs at risk if conditions don’t improve 👉 smeunited.eu/news/10-millio…

💧 #Water is both a basic necessity and a vital resource for #SME resilience, continuity & #competitiveness. However, droughts, floods & policy gaps are putting small businesses at risk. ▶️ SMEunited calls for SME-centred water action: smeunited.eu/admin/storage/… #WaterResilience

“The #SMETest should be applied at the start and remain a guiding principle throughout the legislative process” - Ms Zakari at the #SMEIntergroup meeting. SMEunited calls for dynamic impact assessments & #SME-focused evaluation at every stage. ▶️ More: smeunited.eu/news/how-to-ma…

At the #IMCO hearing on the #SingleMarket Strategy, Ms Zakari called to: ✅ Simplify rules ✅ Ensure proportionate harmonisation ✅ Support cross-border SME growth ✅ Distinguish #SMEs from small mid-caps ✅ Make SME ID work for the smallest firms ▶️More: smeunited.eu/news/imco-hear…

Good first #ImplementationDialogue on #EUStatistics. With EU_Eurostat, we focused on making EU business statistics more relevant, simpler and cost-efficient. Thank you to all participants in this new consultation format – your valuable feedback will help improve EU policies.

📣 Our weekly #SME recap: ✅ UN MSME Day: #SMEs drive innovation & sustainability ✅ #SingleMarket: SME expectations ✅ SME test as a guiding principle ✅ 10M businesses at risk ✅ #Standardisation review underway ➡️ More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/news… #UNMSMEDay #IMCO #LatePayment

President Petri Salminen welcomed by EVP Teresa Ribera EVP Stéphane Séjourné and Commissioner Jessika Roswall at the Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circulartity to discuss barriers and solutions to be addressed in Circular Economy Act

#SMEs are key to the circular transition – but the business case still doesn’t add up – Petri Salminen at the #CleanIndustrialDialogue. The #CircularEconomyAct must: 🔹#ThinkSmallFirst 🔹Cut VAT for 🍃 products 🔹Simplify rules 🔹Boost circular hubs ▶️ smeunited.eu/news/clean-ind…

📢 SMEunited is currently seeking an Executive Assistant to the Secretary General and President. This full-time position is based in Brussels and the person will report directly to the Secretary-General. ➡️ Apply here by 1 September: smeunited.eu/about-us#jobs #hiring

📣 This week’s #SME recap: 🔁 #CleanIndustrialDialogue on circularity 🎓 SMEs push for stronger #apprenticeship recognition 🧭 SME-friendly Quality Jobs Roadmap ♀️ Focus on women’s economic empowerment 📘 #ConsumerLawReady 2025 📢 We’re hiring! ➡️ More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/news…

SMEs feel the impact of #EUTaxonomy - without being in scope. At the Implementation Dialogue with Maria Luís Albuquerque, Mr Huemer urged: ✅ Uptake of SME #SustainableFinance Standard ✅ Simple IT tools for reporting ✅ Incentives to lower costs More: bit.ly/40GgtP0

#MFF must reflect commitments made in the #SocialDialogue Pact - EU #SocialPartners We call for: ✅ Capacity building & technical support ✅ A strong #ESF ✅ Solid #CohesionPolicy ✅ Simplified EU fund access ✅ Lessons from #RRF ▶️Read our joint letter: bit.ly/40GVbki

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🚨 Proposed #MFF has potential - but will funds reach #SMEs? ✅ Twin transition, digital & competitiveness focus welcomed 🤔 But doubts remain: mid-caps may absorb SME funds 📣 SMEunited calls for SME-specific support, fair access, no new burdens ▶️More: smeunited.eu/news/proposed-…

Das überrascht nicht, unsere Sozialisten glauben ja auch, dass man ohne Arbeit gut leben können sollte! Finanzminister wünscht sich „gute Teilzeit, von der man leben kann“ diepresse.com/19921254