Brussels, 18/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Difficulties faced by companies from all sectors in accessing credit need resolute action from the G20 and “the current wave of reforms of the financial sector should aim to do more than restore financial stability”. That was the call from BusinessEurope at the G20 business event in London on 18 March. The European business organisation presented a number of recommendations: - improve finance conditions for business (this affects central banks, governments, multilateral institutions); - coordinate stimulus packages (to offer protection against possible trade distortion); - increase macro-financial support for countries in need (a rise in available funding must take priority over discussion on longer term reform of the IMF and the World Bank); - resist the siren calls of protectionism (the G20 should not adopt a purely rhetorical statement against protectionism and should give firmer signals of its desire to conclude the Doha Round). (A.B./transl.rt)