On Wednesday 13 July, the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Jozef Síkela, has repeatedly stressed the importance of SMEs in the European economy and, in this context, indicated that this will be one of the main priorities of his country’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, during an exchange with MEPs from the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE).
“Our SMEs need to be helped in these difficult times. We need to step up our efforts at the European and national level and...