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For a Strong Europe Based on Strong SMEs


The SME UNION has the pleasure to inform you about the SME WEEK at the end of March, which is for us the most important event of the year. We will start it with a bureau meeting followed the next day by the General Assembly, bringing together all our members and giving them the opportunity to discuss the challenges for SMEs which are ahead of us.

This year the successful 2years Presidency of Paul Rübig MEP comes to an end and we are celebrating its transfer to Jacques Santer at the SME Conference on the 27th of March. This event will also be the starting point and foundation meeting for SME GLOBAL and will reunite 200 representatives of SME organisations from all over the world. They have the opportunity to participate in various panel discussions and workshops on a wide range of topics, generally based on the future of SMEs and the influence of Basel II and future of EC legislation.


5th Congress of the SME Union
"For a Strong Europe Based on Strong SMEs"
Wilfried Martens, EPP President, and Jacques Santer (EPP-ED, Luxembourg), newly elected President of the SME Union (on the righthand)
5th Congress of the SME Union
"For a Strong Europe Based on Strong SMEs"
Paul Rübig (EPP-ED, Austria), former President of the SME Union
5th Congress of the SME Union
"For a Strong Europe Based on Strong SMEs"
from left to right: Ingo Friedrich, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Christoph Leitl, President of Eurochambres and President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, and Peter Bernert, President of EuroCommerce


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