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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 21h

Microsoft ending free #Windows10 updates risks e-waste & disrupts millions of #SMEs. Planned obsolescence shouldn’t fall on small businesses. We need mandatory repairability, guaranteed long-term software support & enforceable #RightToRepair.

@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @microsoft.com

Right to Repair Europe @r2reurope.bsky.social · 1d

Campaigners gathered at @microsoft.com's Brussels offices to protest the end of #Windows10, urging them to reconsider and the @ec.europa.eu to introduce Ecodesign requirements for laptops and other energy-related products, so that this cannot happen again 💻🗑

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Can we stop Microsoft's e-waste mountain?

YouTube video by Right to Repair Europe

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 1d

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@andreasbrieger.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @dittejj.bsky.social

#ThinkSmallFirst #EnergyEfficiency #Ecodesign #DigitalProductPassport #Sustainability #EUpolicy #SMEs

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 1d

“‘Think Small First’ will make EU energy efficiency rules work for SMEs”, said SMEunited at the Commission’s Implementation Dialogue with Commissioner Dan Jørgensen.

✅ Clear definitions & realistic timelines
✅ Streamlining overlapping rules
✅ Legal clarity to support SMEs

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 1d

Are you interested in how #SMEs in Europe are evolving?

📊 Join us to hear the key findings of the EU #SMEBarometer – Autumn 2025, presented by our Policy Director, Gerhard Huemer.

📅 When: Thursday, 16 October at 10:00

💻 Where: Online

How to join? Register 👉 www.smeunited.eu/events/prese...

SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 5d

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 5d

📣Our #SME recap:
✅ Boosting #AI use among #SMEs
✅ 73% SMEs face #LatePayment
✅ #VSME Outreach: market support
✅ Sector & Digital policy priorities
✅ 70 steps for #SingleMarket Strategy
✅ Making #Omnibus VI & #28thRegime work for SMEs
❇️ #MeetingStandards 2025

➡️ More: mailchi.mp/smeunited/ne...

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 6d

@sophiazakari.bsky.social @efrag.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

#SMEs #VSME #EFRAG #CSRD #EUpolicy #SingleMarket #Sustainability #GROW #FISMA

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 6d

“The #VSME can make a real difference for SMEs by cutting admin burden”, said Sophia Zakari at the EFRAG outreach event.

✅ Less questionnaires
✅ Training & tools needed
✅ Market acceptance key
✅ Stable framework essential

➡️Read more: smeunited.eu/news/efrag-v...

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 7d

📢 If the EU wants real #Simplification & #Competitiveness, #SMEs must be paid on time.

➡️Read more here: smeunited.eu/news/73-of-s...

#IMCO #GROW

@cyprusineu.bsky.social @imco.europarl.europa.eu @ivarsijabs.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu

SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 7d

On 7 Oct, DG GROW presented the SME Survey on #LatePayment: over 3,500 firms warned #EU institutions.

✅ 73% face late payment issues
✅ Lack of sanctions & enforcement
✅ Impact on investment & growth
✅ Unfairly long payment terms
✅ 63% call for a cap on terms

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 7d

➡️Read the full press release here: smeunited.eu/admin/storag...

#ApplyAI #DigitalEU #AIinEurope #SMEs

@petrisalminen.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 7d

“SMEs can only benefit from #AI if they can access it, trust it & use it confidently”, said SMEunited President Petri Salminen on the #ApplyAIStrategy.

✅ Boost skills, infra & finance
✅ Work w/ SME orgs on the ground
✅ Clarify rules under the #AIAct

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 9d

#Sustainability

@veroniquewillems.bsky.social

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 9d

“SMEs’ shared priorities must be recognised in policymaking”, said SMEunited VP Philip van Nieuwenhuizen at the Sector Committee meeting.

✅ Food & feed policies
✅ Clean fleets & #transport investment
✅ Affordable housing & SME skills

➡️ Read more: smeunited.eu/news/sector-...

#SMEs #SingleMarket

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 12d

@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

#COMPET #GROW #IMCO

➡️Much more here: smeunited.eu/publications...

➡️Additional information is available here: smeunited.eu/publications...

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 12d

SMEunited publishes 70 actionable suggestions to make the #SingleMarket work for SMEs:

✅ Simplify rules & boost Member States' ownership
✅ Easier cross-border business & transfers
✅ Better recognition of professional qualifications
✅ Inclusive goods & raw material standards

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 12d

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@ec.europa.eu @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social

#SingleMarket #SocialDialogue

SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 12d

“SMEs must access meaningful support and a level playing field”, said @veroniquewillems.bsky.social
on the #EUWorkProgramme2026.

✅ Proportionate approach for all companies
✅ Concrete & monitored SME support
✅ Inclusive 28 Regime
✅ Meaningful social dialogue

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 13d

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Our #SME recap:
✅ EU Work Programme must reflect #SMEs
✅ SME-friendly #simplification in green rules
✅ Bigger ambition for the #SingleMarket
✅ EU Semester
✅ Tackle late payments
✅ Input on #SkillsPortability
✳️ #MeetingStandards 2025

➡️ More: bit.ly/3WjiPAG

#EuropeanSemester #LatePAyment

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 13d

@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @euenvironment.bsky.social @ericmamer.bsky.social

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#Competitiveness #Simplification #Deforestation

SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 13d

“Effective #simplification must empower #SMEs to transition while staying competitive”, said @veroniquewillems.bsky.social
at the #EnvironmentalOmnibus roundtable.

✅ #Deforestation – risk-based exemptions
✅ Ecodesign – 36-month transition
✅ Packaging – one-stop shop

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 14d

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 14d

“If we want #SMEs to thrive, productivity, #competitiveness, and enforcement must be at the centre,” said Lucrezia Signori, SMEunited.

Key SME priorities for the 2026 Semester Autumn Package: skills, #digitalisation, social dialogue & fiscal measures.

#EuropeanSemester #SocialDialogue

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SMEunited @smeunited.bsky.social · 14d

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