Sharpening Europe’s competitive edge with our Executive Council
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20 Mar 2024
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Sharpening Europe’s competitive edge with our Executive Council

Increasing Europe’s competitiveness must be on top of the agenda. That was the key message AmCham EU's Executive Council emphasised during its spring plenary on Monday, 18 and Tuesday, 19 March. The group of senior executives underlined why the attractiveness of Europe needs to be a top priority and how a heavy regulatory burden is having a negative impact on driving investment. Throughout the visit, the group linked back to the messages found in our Agenda for Action and highlighted the need to address Europe’s competitiveness in the next legislative term. Learn more about who the group met with while here. 

Take a look below for the full list of who the group met with.  

- Thanasis Bakolas, Secretary-General, European People's Party 
- Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chair, European Round Table for Industry - ERT and Chair, Vodafone Group 
- Andrea Cepova-Fourtoy, Deputy Secretary-General, ECR Group in the European Parliament 
- Ilze Juhansone, Secretary-General, European Commission 
- Yonnec Polet, Deputy Secretary General, Party of European Socialists 
- Didrik de Schaetzen, Secretary-General, ALDE Party 
- Ódor Bálint, Permanent Representative, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union 
- Hendrik Van de Velde, Ambassador and General Coordinator for the Belgian EU Presidency 2024 

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