The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced at the European Parliament on Wednesday 14 September a new package of support measures for SMEs, the ‘SME Relief Package’.
“We must remove the obstacles that still hold our small companies back. They must be at the centre of this transformation – because they are the backbone of Europe’s long history of industrial prowess. (...) But inflation and uncertainty are weighing especially hard on them. This is why...