PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VLADIMÍR DLOUHÝ, WAS CONFIRMED AS A NEW HEAD OF EUROCHAMBRES

Representatives of the chambers of commerce allied with the European association Eurochambres confirmed Vladimír Dlouhý, President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce, as their head during the meeting in Stockholm.

Vladimír Dlouhy’s priority is the competitiveness strengthening of the European companies and levelling conditions to the same as those of their global trading partners during this crisis period. “The European business environment faces much stronger regulation compared to the US or Asian market. To make the European and Czech economy more competitive, we need to promote measures that do not put Europe at a competitive disadvantage in the global market. In particular, I refer to the EU’s climate targets or the growing pressure on ESG,” says Vladimír Dlouhý.

Vladimír Dlouhý replaces Luc Frieden, President of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, who decided to return to national politics. He is an economist, the former Czechoslovak Minister of Economy and Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, remains President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce until the end of May and, at the same time, will lead Eurochambers until the end of this year. During his nearly 9-years of work for Eurochambres, Vladimír Dlouhý has chaired several working committees of the organization and has been the Deputy President for three years. Currently, he chairs the Eurochambres Sustainability Committee, which comments on European energy and environmental proposals.

Eurochambres has 45 members, including 43 national chambers of commerce and industry from each country and two supranational chamber organizations. The Czech Chamber of Commerce joined Eurochambres as an associate member in 1994 and became a valid member after the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU on the 1st of May 2004.