BusinessEurope Council of Presidents in Luxembourg

On invitation of FEDIL, the Business Federation of Luxembourg, Presidents of the 40 member federations of BusinessEurope met on 19 and 20 November in Luxembourg. They were received at an audience at the Grand Ducal Palace by HRH Grand Duke Henri. The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, was guest of honour of FEDIL. Participants of the Council of Presidents first paid tribute to the victims of last Friday's attacks in Paris. The meeting’s agenda included an exchange of views on the issue of refugees, the political situation in Poland, economic developments in Greece and the results of the elections in Turkey. They also discussed the future of the Economic and Monetary Union, as well as Europe’s social policy and the forthcoming COP21 international climate change conference in Paris.