Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2026 | Alina-Stefania Ujupan Cabinet member | Pay Transparency Directive | — |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Alina-Stefania Ujupan Cabinet member | Pay Transparency Directive | SRC |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Alvydas Stancikas Head of Unit | Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” work | — |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski Director | Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” work | — |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Alvydas Stancikas Head of Unit | Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” work | SRC |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski Director | Meeting with business associations on the state of play of the “Terrible Ten barriers” work | SRC |
| 07 Apr 2026 | Valdis Dombrovskis Commissioner | Implementation and simplification | SRC |
| 07 Apr 2026 | Valdis Dombrovskis Commissioner | Implementation and simplification | — |
| 07 Apr 2026 | Mirzha De Manuel Cabinet member | Implementation and simplification | SRC |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Introductory meeting with the new President, SME priorities | — |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Introductory meeting with the new President, SME priorities | — |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Introductory meeting with the new President, SME priorities | SRC |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Introductory meeting with the new President, SME priorities | SRC |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Valentina Schaumburger Cabinet member | Priorities for SMEs in the coming months | — |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | Priorities for SMEs in the coming months | SRC |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | Meeting with SMEUnited | — |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Valentina Schaumburger Cabinet member | Priorities for SMEs in the coming months | SRC |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | Priorities for SMEs in the coming months | — |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Taru Haapaniemi Cabinet member | Meeting with SMEUnited | SRC |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Ewa Malz Head of Unit | Omnibus | — |
| 05 Mar 2026 | Ewa Malz Head of Unit | Omnibus | SRC |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Peter Berz Head of Unit | The objective was to discuss a potential interest of SME United to participate in the Market Access Advisory Committee (MAAC) following an invitation by DG TRADE R/2 to join the MAAC. | — |
| 04 Mar 2026 | Peter Berz Head of Unit | The objective was to discuss a potential interest of SME United to participate in the Market Access Advisory Committee (MAAC) following an invitation by DG TRADE R/2 to join the MAAC. | SRC |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Anna Panagopoulou Cabinet member | STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON THE EU SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STRATEGY | — |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Anna Panagopoulou Cabinet member | STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON THE EU SUSTAINABLE TOURISM STRATEGY | SRC |
Mission & Goals
SMEunited is the employer’s organisation representing the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level. As the European SME umbrella organisation, SMEunited incorporates more than 65 member organisations consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members, which support the SME family. Across the whole of Europe, SMEunited represents over 12 million enterprises with nearly 55 million employees. The main objectives of SMEunited include: - Monitoring the EU policy and legislative process and keeping its members informed on all matters of European Union policy of relevance to crafts, trades and SMEs - Representing and promoting the interests, needs and opinions of its member organisations to the EU institutions and other international organisations - Supporting its members academically, technically and legally on all areas of EU policy - Supporting the idea of European integration.
EU Legislative Interests
In principle all policies and all legislative files that can have an influence on SMEs. To have an update on these please consult our website: www.smeunited.eu - Circular Economy Act, - Clean Corporate Fleets - Digital Fairness Act - Public Procurement Directive, - Quality Jobs Act - Social Dialogue - Clean Industrial Deal - Green Deal implementation - Ecodesign (Digital Product Passport, Labeling, Ecodesign Requirements, Repairability) - Environmental Omnibus - Omnibus on InvestEU - Multiannual Financial Framework - Saving and Investment Union - Omnibus 1 - etc - a full overview of the work program can be provided at request
Communication Activities
See our website www.smeunited.eu under publications: https://www.smeunited.eu/publications events: https://www.smeunited.eu/events projects: https://www.smeunited.eu/projects
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
SBS aisbl (Small Business Standards): www.sbs-sme.eu EWE (Early Warning Europe): https://www.earlywarningeurope.eu/ ASMoRAlliance for Sustainable Management of Chemical Risk: https://asmor.eu/members CII – Cross Industry Initiative (https://www.cii-reach-osh.eu/members.html) EEI, the European Employer’s Institute (https://eei-institute.eu/) Merchant Payments Coalition Europe
Organisation Members
SMEunited members are listed on the following webpage: https://www.smeunited.eu/members
Additional Information
The declared costs are the operating charges of our organisation in 2024.They cover a full year of operations and refer to the most recent financial year closed 2024. They include staff costs taking into account automatic wage indexation, office expenditure which experienced inflationary pressure and any other expenses related to our interest representation activities in 2024.
Connected Legislation
Sustainable finance
Sustainable finance
European Green Deal
European Green Deal
CAP simplification
CAP simplification
CAP simplification
CAP simplification
CAP simplification
CAP simplification
Implementation of the EU Global Strategy
Implementation of the EU Global Strategy
European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)
European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)