Czech Business Today

Social dumping in transport, Single Market Strategy for Goods and Services and development of the digital single market – these were the main topics highlighted by the key representatives of the CEBRE founders at the regular meeting with the Czech Members of the European Parliament.

CEBRE founders called on Czech euro-deputies to discuss with them the important agendas that will be addressed in the European Parliament and may have a significant impact on Czech companies and the whole EU internal market. Such topic is, for example, the report on social standards drafted by Rapporteur Balas. The report proposes the principle of equal wages and social protection for the same work at the same place in Europe. “We reject this proposal because it does not respect the natural law of demand and supply and the requirements cannot be provided on economic differences in individual countries. Furthermore, the proposed measures may be the pretext for a pressure of the old Member States to fight against cheaper labor from EU countries that joined the EU after 2004”, commented the President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce Vladimír Dlouhý.

Other topics such as the refugee crisis, granting China the market economy status and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP were also discussed. Czech MEPs stressed the need to discuss the issue of granting the market economy status to China in the Czech Republic. In conclusion, CEBRE founders appreciated the growing interest of MEPs in tackling the issues that directly affect business and also the courage to defend national interests, although they are sometimes in conflict with the views of political parties they represent.