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“We should highlight the importance of migrant enterprises.” Interview with MEP Gunnar Hökmark

March 13th, 2014 | by Frida GÖTESKOG

Gunnar Hökmark is a Swedish MEP from the European People’s Party and a member of the Committee on Economic and

Definitioner

Single Market

It enables EU citizens with “four freedoms”: free movement of people, goods, services and capital in all 28 Member States. (Similar to Internal Market)

Enlargement

After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, enlargement was made a core EU priority. As of 2014, the EU is now composed of 28 Member States after seven successful rounds of enlargement. Five candidate countries have yet to become members: Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

SMEs

The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euro, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euro.

absolute majority (absolute majority voting)

An absolute majority in the European Parliament means a majority of the members who comprise Parliament. In its present configuration (with 751 MEPs), the threshold for an absolute majority is 376 votes.

New Europeans

People with a migrant background, who live and work in a European country and, in most cases, do not intend to go back to their country of origin. Their future is, rather, in Europe

MEP

Member of the European Parliament. The MEPs are your representatives at the EU level. They adopt EU legislations and the budget. You elect them for a period of 5 years. The next election is in May 2014.

Internal Market

The geographical area across the EU where you are free to live, work, study, do business or retire… Thanks to this single market, you can also enjoy, from home, a wide variety of goods and services coming from all over Europe.

Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneur)

A person who operates a business and takes on many risks to do so. Entrepreneurs are also innovators, coming up with new ideas and interesting solutions. New companies create more than 4 million new jobs in Europe every year.

UNITEE

UNITEE represents entrepreneurs and business professionals with a migrant background, most of them of Turkish descent, and whom we refer to as ‘New Europeans’. http://www.unitee.eu/

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“We should highlight the importance of migrant enterprises.” Interview with MEP Gunnar Hökmark

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