European business leaders back PM's drive for competitive EU 

The CBI
@CBItweets

21 EUROPEAN BUSINESS GROUPS - REPRESENTING 2.5 MILLION BUSINESSES, EMPLOYING 50 MILLION PEOPLE, ACROSS 20 EU COUNTRIES – BACK REFORMS FOR A MORE COMPETITIVE EU

You can see the full list of organisations and nations below.

.@CBICarolyn of @CBItweets 
"There is a compelling shared benefit for firms to trade with no barriers inside a market of 500 million people"
(UK)

Markus Kerber of @Der_BDI
"Europe needs a strong and critical partner"
(Germany)

Marcella Panucci of @Confindustria 
   "While it is for the British people to decide, a Brexit would be a failure for all of us"
(Italy)


Michel Guilbaud of @MEDEF 
"For France and for Europeans, a Brexit would be a major step backwards"
(France)

Christoph Neumayer of IV
"The UK is a very important economically liberal Member State"
(Austria)

.@PieterVBO of @VBOFEB  
"In an increasingly globalized economy, we have to work together to strengthen our economies"
(Belgium)

.@JyriHakamies of the Confederation of Finnish Industries 
"It is in the interests of the whole EU that its second largest economy remains within it"
(Finland)

Danny McCoy of @Ibec_IRL 
"The UK and Irish economies have incredibly strong bonds, but for firms to make the most of this it's vital that the UK stays in a reformed EU"
(Ireland)

René Winkin of #Fedil 
"A well-functioning European single market is of utmost importance for the economy and European companies"
(Luxembourg)

Carola Lemne of @Svenaringsliv  
"The UK is as important to EU as the EU is to the UK"
(Sweden)

"Sir, 
The EU continues to face an unprecedented set of challenges, including migration, security and economic recovery, as well as the UK's forthcoming referendum on its EU membership..."

Read the full letter here

The full list of signatories from 21 business federations, representing over 2.5 million firms are:

Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General, CBI (United Kingdom)

Reinhard Gӧhner, Director-General, BDA (Germany)

Markus Kerber, Director-General, BDI (Germany)

Marcella Panucci, Director-General, Confindustria (Italy)

Michel Guilbaud, Director-General, MEDEF (France)

Christoph Neumayer, Director-General, IV (Austria)

Pieter Timmermans, CEO, FEB (Belgium)

Dagmar Kuchtová, Director-General, SPCR (Czech Republic)

Jyri Häkämies, Director-General, EK (Finland)

Akis Skertsos, Director-General, SEV (Greece)

Danny McCoy, CEO, IBEC (Ireland)

Vitalijs Gavrilovs, President of LDDK (Latvia)

Osvaldas Čiukšys, Director-General, LPK (Lithuania)

René Winkin, Director, FEDIL (Luxembourg)

Kevin J. Borg, Director-General, Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry (Malta)

Lech Pilawski, Director-General, Polish Confederation Lewiatan, (Poland)

António Saraiva, President, CIP (Portugal)

Jan Oravec, Member of Presidium, RUZ (Slovakia)

Joze Smole, Secretary General, ZDS, (Slovenia)

Carola Lemne, Director-General, Swedish Enterprise (Sweden)

Niek Jan van Kesteren, Director-General, VNO-NCW (The Netherlands)