Thank you for attending our debate “Digitalisation of SMEs: How to make it possible?”

PubAffairs Bruxelles was delighted to host on the 16th of October 2019 the debate “Digitalisation of SMEs: How to make it possible?”,organised by METRO in cooperation with EuroCommerce, between our distinguished speakers Mr Ivan Štefanec, Member of the European Parliament and President of SME Europe, Ms Jasmin Battista, DG CNECT, European Commission, Ms Katerina Borunska, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, Ms Birgit Winn, Head of Digital Projects, Hospitality.Digital, METRO AG, Mr Alexandre Nilo Fonseca, President of ACEPI (Portuguese Digital Economy Association), Ms Mira-Maria Kontkanen, Advisor, Federation of Finnish Enterprises, and Mr Marta Mikliszanska, Head of Public Affairs, Allegro.

A special thank goes to Mr Petri Peltonen, Finnish SME Envoy, Mr Neil McMillan, EuroCommerce Director Political Affairs and Trade, and to Mr Henrik Reimer, Head of Office, SME Connect for their respective speeches.

We would also like to thank our distinguished guests and our moderator, Michael Acton, MLex Market Insights.

We hope that all the contributors, attendees, as well as our present and future members will join us for our next debate.

#Eurozone: #ECB officials question whether #Euro has strengthened too much, by @OlafStorbeck and Ian Smith | Financial Times

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ECB officials question whether euro has strengthened too much

Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting

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[Featured] #Trade: #EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with #Trump, by @_Zimmerfrau and @_AriHawkins | Politico

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EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with Trump

European capitals are pulling in different directions ahead of a decisive round of trade talks in Washington. 

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#EUDefence: The Italian job - How #Rome plans to work around #NATO spending hike, by @giuseppe_fonte, @AmanteAngelo and Gavin Jones | Reuters 

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The Italian job: how Rome plans to work around NATO spending hike

Italy, along with other NATO countries, has agreed to sharply increase defence spending over the next decade, but ...

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