Future of EU SME policy discussed by EP SME Intergroup

“The EU should support SMEs both through a strengthened EU pro-SME action agenda and through energising the national SME policies”, Markus Beyrer, Director General of BUSINESSEUROPE, said at the SME Intergroup meeting convened by its President, MEP Otmar Karas, on 26 January. Kristin Schreiber, Director at the European Commission DG GROW, and other leading speakers from SME organisations made contributions. BUSINESSEUROPE supports the approach of integrating SME elements in key EU policies, but also calls for strengthening the EU horizontal SME policy, taking the Small Business Act (SBA) one step further. A revised and enhanced SBA would also help develop more and better national pro-SME initiatives.

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