The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs (DG GROW) is a
Directorate-General
Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Dir ...
of the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
. The Enterprise Directorate-General works on creating an environment in which European firms can thrive. The improvement of the business environment is to lead to a growth in productivity and subsequently create the jobs and wealth necessary to achieve the objectives set by the
European Council in
Lisbon in March 2000.
In 2022 the Commissioner was
Thierry Breton
Thierry Breton (; born 15 January 1955) is a French business executive, politician, writer and the current Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union.
Breton was vice-chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull (1996–1997), chairman and CEO o ...
and the Director-General was
Kerstin Jorna.
See also
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European Commissioner for Internal Market
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Aho report The ''Aho Group Report on Creating an Innovative Europe'' was published in 2006. The report was written by a four-member group chaired by Esko Aho, former Finnish Prime Minister. The committee was created at the Hampton Court summit in the United K ...
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Sectoral e-Business Watch
References
External links
Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Enterprise and Industr
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