The European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said on Monday 16 November, during his speech at the annual SME assembly, that the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic made the SME strategy presented at the beginning of the year more necessary than ever.
During his speech, the Commissioner focused in particular on the issue of late payments, which negatively impact the majority of SMEs: less than 40% of SMEs are being paid on time, according to the Commissioner, and each...