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French Retail Federation (FCD) in Brussels. Keeping up to speed with the latest EU developments in the interest of our members, their businesses and customers.

[FCD @FCD_EU]

#MUSTREAD: Interview w/ @JacquesCreyssel on current issues in the French retail sector for @LSAconsommation https://t.co/PCK4xqDYLh https://t.co/nCnqKiP8B3

[Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution @FCDfrance]

Retrouvez ici l'interview de Jacques Creyssel à @LSAconsommation https://t.co/FEuBJ1fh9B @JacquesCreyssel

[Stefano Mallia @StefanoMalliaEU]

🤝 Very fruitful exchange with @RobertAbela_MT,
PM of Malta, on EU employers' priorities & 🇲🇹’s economic landscape.

We discussed the urgent need to restore #competitiveness by:

🟢 Reducing regulatory burdens
🟢 Deepening the #SingleMarket
🟢 Lowering #energy costs

[Independent Retail Europe @IndeRetailEU]

Many large suppliers of branded packaged goods use their market dominance to implement #UTPs. These practices drive prices up, without offering any benefits to farmers or the #supplychain.

It is time for fairer practices and a more balanced market!

#Retail #Marketpower

[Stefano Mallia @StefanoMalliaEU]

Very constructive meeting with Hubert Gambs, Deputy Director-General - SME Coordinator of @EU_Growth, in the margins of #SMEAssembly2024

We discussed the commitment to support 🇪🇺’s #competitiveness agenda & the next steps to put #Draghi & #Letta reports into practice 🎯

[Independent Retail Europe @IndeRetailEU]

Retailers across Europe are under pressure from markets dominated by big international suppliers. In 🇫🇷and 🇩🇪, top brands control 75-92% of common product categories like baby food and toilet paper. (1/2)

[FCD @FCD_EU]

The EU Polish Presidency has real expectations for the #SingleMarket Strategy, "especially for services" Thank you @ignacyn, for this focus! We need it!
But what to expect. Tools exist: notification, enforcement, SMET, solvit...but situation is getting worst. #stayoptimistic

[FCD @FCD_EU]

Exchange with the upcoming polish #EUPresidency. Thank you @Pawel_Karbo, Dep Min of Finance, for taking our point in #LatePayment prop. We all stand firmly against LatePayment. But this proposal is NOT the solution. #Withdraw @MSZ_RP

[Christel Delberghe @CDelberghe]

Budapest declaration misses out on services! #Services are> 70% of EU value added & #employment. They are significant tax contributors. Why are they still not recognised as a contributor to Europe ´s #competitiveness ?!?@EuroCommerce @FCDfrance @eucopresident

[Fabrice Le Saché @f_lesache]

Nous avions alerté nos élus et la Commission. L’UE doit être beaucoup plus rapide dans ses réponses. Des mois que nous parlons de simplification sans résultat. Les réglementations sont pavées de bonnes intentions mais nous condamnent à une mort économique. https://t.co/VSbmA5nvlr

[FCD @FCD_EU]

A pity indeed. This deteriorated situation is an assessment shared by many colleagues in Europe. Why remove services from the list of priorities? Even though the EC has identified retail as 1 of the key EUs industrial ecosystems. @EuroCommerce @HHotellier @EU_Growth

[Layla Rahhou @laylarahhou]

Ce retrait est d'autant plus regrettable que la situation du secteur s’est dégradée en France pour ce qui relève de la liberté d’établissement et reste la + restrictive des Etats membres pour les conditions opérationnelles (fiscalité, horaire d’ouverture…). Selon les indicateurs de restriction de compétitivité pour le commerce en 2022, la France obtient la première place du classement ; médaille d’or dont le secteur se serait bien passé.

[Fabrice Le Saché @f_lesache]

Nous regrettons que la nouvelle version de déclaration ne reflète plus le rôle clé des services, dont le commerce, en 🇪🇺. Faciliter la création d’établissements commerciaux et leurs activités au quotidien est clé, notamment en 🇫🇷.
Trop de restrictions pèsent sur ce secteur.

[IMCO Committee Press @EP_SingleMarket]

Letta: Integrating the single market is essential for our competitiveness and security

Enrico Letta presented his vision for defending, strengthening and unlocking the full potential of the single market.

Recap of tonight's debate with @EnricoLetta ⤵️

https://t.co/32clDcGcAg

[Prouzet Emilie @EmilieProuzet]

Debating our collective challenges in the EU: innovation, energy, workforce, burdens.... and the opportunity to remind ourselves that we must not forget the basics: our #internalmarket and its great freedoms. In Hungary too, the nationalist temptation is strong. Case C-557/23

[Alena Mastantuono @AlMastantuono]

The show must go on. But if there are no actors, the show is over. 🎭

That's why 20 EU countries are calling for a #SingleMarket push to keep the stage alive!

@Eurochambres @EuropeUnlocked

[FCD @FCD_EU]

Dedoublememt des règles (EU & MS), surtransposition & non conformité, pas d'application du ppe de reconnaissance mutuelle....il est temps d'agir en effet: Les Etats doivent se mobiliser @EURACTIV https://t.co/zDZHdiOW6t @EuroCommerce @medef @FCDfrance @EU_Growth @employers_EESC

[Employers Group of the EESC @employers_EESC]

The bleak economic outlook is serious. We must implement the recommendations from the #Draghi #Letta reports to quickly reverse the decline. We agree with the non-paper signed by 20 🇪🇺MS. The #SingleMarket should focus on quality, consistency, rather quantity of rules. #COMPET

[FCD @FCD_EU]

Dedoublememt des règles (EU & MS), surtransposition & non conformité, pas d'application du ppe de reconnaissance mutuelle....il est temps d'agir en effet: Les Etats doivent se mobiliser @EURACTIV https://t.co/zDZHdiOW6t @EuroCommerce @medef @FCDfrance @EU_Growth @employers_EESC

[Layla Rahhou @laylarahhou]

Taper sur les centrales européennes qui redonnent du pouvoir d’achat aux Français pour faire oublier que le lobbying des multinationales a dévoyé les lois EGalim, c’est l’éléphant rose au milieu de la pièce 👀

[Alena Mastantuono @AlMastantuono]

💡Non-paper on #SingleMarket

@EnricoLetta´s report should not remain on a shelf collecting dust.

The #SingleMarket must be a vivid and urgent priority for the #EU mandate 2024-2029.

Nouveau défi pour @steph_sejourne !

[FCD @FCD_EU]

From one Parliament to another. Job or mandate. One watchword: #betterregulation

[FCD @FCD_EU]

Ensemble, @FCDfrance et @medef, une seule voix sur ces enjeux au combien important.

[Fabrice Le Saché @f_lesache]

Avec le secteur du commerce et de la distribution à #Strasbourg : nous sommes entièrement mobilisés sur les sujets délais de paiement, économie circulaire, consommation, prix de l’énergie… l’UE doit entendre l’alerte de cette filière qui veut demeurer compétitive ! 🇪🇺@FCDfrance