The objective of the meeting is to explore ways to strengthen business cooperation between the two countries, in addition to talking about the main issues that interest companies.
This official meeting between CEOE and MEDEF, the first of its kind in more than three decades, takes place at a crucial time for the future of Europe due to the outcome of Brexit, which we have just met with a new extension until next January 31 . The meeting will be present, in addition to Antonio Garamendi and Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, the French ambassador to Spain, Jean-Michel Casa, and the Secretary of State for Commerce, Xiana Méndez, among others.
Among the topics that will be addressed by the participants in the working meeting are the international business cooperation between Spain and France, the challenges and challenges of the European Union, as well as the European economic relaunch and the role that both countries should play in this new stage.
MEDEF is the employer of France, which brings together 122 territorial organizations, 77 professional sector federations and 14 associated organizations, representing a total of 173,000 member companies, of which 95% are SMEs.
The commercial relations between both countries have an important specific weight in the Spanish economy. France is the first destination of Spanish exports, with 15% of the total exported by our country and a value of 42.9 billion euros during the past year.