María Helena de Felipe participates in the SME Assembly 2025 in Copenhagen Last week, the city of Copenhagen hosted the SME Assembly 2025, the European Commission’s flagship event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), bringing together policymakers, researchers, …

🇪🇺 The #SMEAssembly2025 explored how Europe's small businesses can become stronger, smarter, and more sustainable. Read more here 👇
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📣Our weekly #SME recap:
✅ #ThinkSmallFirst in action
✅ Single Market & SME Envoys
✅ #Preparedness & resilience
✅ #LatePayment: change needed
✅ Labour reforms & competitiveness
✅ Standardisation ROI
✅ #COP30: SME support
✅ #MeetingStandards: 17–21 Nov

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#MEDPOL #SMEAssembly2025

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#SMEAssembly2025 #EUSMEWeek #EEPA2025

Closing #SMEAssembly2025 after workshops, exchanges with policymakers and a great gathering of SMEunited Members. It’s time for the EU to #ThinkSmallFirst for its SMEs.

➡️ Explore our key insights: www.smeunited.eu/news?label=n...

🇪🇺 payment culture is deteriorating. 52 % of companies are hit by late payments & public authorities are among the worst payers. Late payment is not just about cashflow, but also trust, competitiveness & access to capital. Time for 🇪🇺-Ministers to act
#SMEAssembly2025 #SMEunited #EUSMEWeek #EEPA2025

CEPS Senior Research Fellow Cinzia Alcidi is in Copenhagen today at the #SMEAssembly2025! 🇩🇰

This morning, she presented and discussed the main findings of the EU Payment Observatory Annual Report 2025 at a session entitled "Ending the Wait: Securing Fair Payment Conditions for SMEs".

#EUSMEWeek

Late Payment: Status quo is not acceptable “The persistence of late payment across Europe continues to harm SMEs, and the situation is only getting worse”, deplored Jesper Beinov, SMEunited Legal Affairs Committee Chair. Despite the European C...

#Simplification saves #SMEs from chasing #LatePayments, and competitiveness ensures liquidity to grow. Ensuring timely payment supports both - @jesperbeinov.bsky.social at #SMEAssembly2025.

63% of businesses support a cap on payment terms.

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“Think Small First” from principle to practice The European Commission has taken several steps to simplify the EU rulebook. These efforts reflect a growing commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens. However, much remains to be don...

THINK SMALL FIRST
At the #SMEAssembly2025 in 🇩🇰, @veroniquewillems.bsky.social asked the key question:
Why is “Think Small First” still a slogan & not a standard?
SMEs are 99% of 🇪🇺 businesses. Rules should start with them, not end with them #EUSMEWeek #EEPA2025 #SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social 👇🏻

“Think Small First” from principle to practice The European Commission has taken several steps to simplify the EU rulebook. These efforts reflect a growing commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens. However, much remains to be don...

"After all these years, the Think Small First principle is still not a reality. Policy is still too based on one-size-fits-all, often designed for large companies, with either exemptions or adjustments added for smaller ones afterwards" - SG Willems at #SMEAssembly2025.

TOWARDS SME RESILIENCE
#SMEunited President @petrisalminen.bsky.social at #SMEAssembly2025: SMEs must be partners, not bystanders, in 🇪🇺’s preparedness agenda.

He’s right: Resilience starts with simpler rules & less bureaucracy. Preparedness means power, for SMEs and for Europe
#EUSMEWeek #EEPA2025

Towards a culture of preparedness: empowering SMEs to withstand shocks “The whole of society approach for preparedness is based on the willingness of citizens to defend their country. And for this, awareness is a key feature.” stated SMEunited President at the start of t...

#SMEs are vital for resilient supply chains and crisis #preparedness, from natural disasters to hybrid attacks, and go hand in hand with #competitiveness - President @petrisalminen.bsky.social at #SMEAssembly2025.

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The business case for standardisation ‘Standards can be part of incremental innovation, however it is still challenging for SMEs to quantify what are the concrete benefits‘ said Andrea Raffaelli, Senior Policy Advisor in Small Business St...

“Standards reduce costs, ensure safety & quality, expand markets and, most importantly, build trust”, said Andrea Raffaelli, @sbs-sme.bsky.social at #SMEAssembly2025.

#SMEs must see a strong ROI when joining #standardisation - the business case must be relatable.

➡️ www.smeunited.eu/news/the-bus...

Our colleague Mathilde Delabie attends the #SMEAssembly2025 in Copenhagen.

🇩🇰 Minister for Industry & Business Morten Bødskov stresses the need to facilitate SMEs operations & reduce admin burdens.
➡️We need rules & investments that work for coops 🇪🇺

#EUSMEWeek

Yesterday we kicked off the #SMEAssembly2025 in 🇩🇰 with the SME Envoy meeting!

Let's talk how #coops can make the most out of the Single Market.

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#EUSMEWeek

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#ECHAforSMEs - Supporting you with chemical safety

#SMEAssembly2025
#EUSMEWeek
#EEPA2025
#YSC2025

Hyviä uutisia Euroopan yritysrintamalta!
Tuore @eurochambres.bsky.social yrityskysely paljastaa, että suhdannenäkymät ovat parantuneet laajasti. Suomi sijoittuu odotusten suhteen keskitasolle.

#EUSMEWeek #SMEAssembly2025 #EEPA2025

LET’S MEET IN COPENHAGEN
Looking forward speaking at the #SMEAssembly in Copenhagen.
Late payment isn’t just about cashflow — it’s about trust. Even Europe’s best performers are behind. Time to pay on time, as proposed by @ec.europa.eu
#EUSMEWeek
#SMEAssembly2025
#EEPA2025

SME Envoys discuss Single Market for SMEs “I call all the European Institutions to create a Single Market for the 26.1 million SMEs across Europe and not only for those already growing”, stated SMEunited President Petri Salminen as the SME En...

I call on EU Institutions to build a #SingleMarket for all 26.1M #SMEs, not only those already growing - @petrisalminen.bsky.social at the SME Envoys meeting ahead of #SMEAssembly2025. SMEs expect pragmatic rules, good infrastructure & focus on traditional firms.

➡️ www.smeunited.eu/news/sme-env...

💬 #EPE2025 gave a clear sense of what European entrepreneurs are experiencing on the ground. 🧮Next week: data.
🔍 Eurochambres Economic Survey 2026, feat. insights from 1000s of businesses, will be presented on 11 Nov during #SMEAssembly2025 in Copenhagen.
📢 Stay tuned! #EES2026

Standardisation can be an enabler for small businesses.

#SmallBusinessStandards Andrea Raffaelli will highlight the business case for standardisation from the SME perspective next week at the #SMEAssembly2025.

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@sbs-sme.bsky.social

#DGGROW survey confirms #LatePayment is still a major issue for #SMEs - yet the Council has not reached a general approach.

Hear @jesperbeinov.bsky.social ( #SMVDenmark ) share compromise options at #SMEAssembly2025.

#ThinkSmallFirst #SMEVision

Tune in on Tuesday 11 at #SMEAssembly2025 to hear
@veroniquewillems.bsky.social present the Charter.

#ThinkSmallFirst #SMEVision2040

Next week, SMEunited President @petrisalminen.bsky.social will speak at #SMEAssembly2025 on the role of #SMEs in EU Preparedness.

SMEs drive innovation, jobs and resilience - key to Europe’s strategic autonomy.

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#SMEVision2040

As the Parliament prepares to vote on #Omnibus1, SMEs still face multiple ESG questionnaires.

The #EFRAG #VSME standard can help reduce this burden - but SMEs need user-friendly digital tools.

Hear more from Luise Maudanz at #SMEAssembly2025.

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Only 1 week to go until #SMEAssembly2025!

SMEunited will be in Copenhagen to discuss key #SME priorities:

💡 Better Regulation
💻 Digitalisation
⚙️ Preparedness
📏 Standardisation

➡️ Programme: futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/promoting...
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