BUSINESSEUROPE

BUSINESSEUROPE, formerly the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), is a Brussels-based European association of industries and employers. It was founded in 1958 to drive the creation of the European Union as a free trade zone. Together with the Federation of European Employers and the European Round Table of Industrialists, BUSINESSEUROPE has been one of the principal advocates of the EU treaties prior to their negotiation, and major backers of the international European movement. It is also one of the European social partners, representing private employers at the interprofessional level.

See also

* European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations (EICTA)
* Federation of Belgian Enterprises
* Keidanren, a Japanese business association
* "Mouvement des Entreprises de France" (MEDEF), a French business association
* Confederation of British Industry
* European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
* lobbying

External links

* [http://www.businesseurope.eu/ BUSINESSEUROPE] : official website
* [http://www.fedee.com FedEE]
* [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer0/maastricht.html The Amsterdam Summit in retrospect: Maastricht II and corporate lobby successes]
* [http://www.pmckenna.com/agenda/treaty/amsterdam/social3.html The Amsterdam Treaty - How Industry Got Its Way]