Mouvement des Entreprises de France
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The Mouvement des Entreprises de France or MEDEF (in English: "Movement of the French Enterprises") is the largest union of employers in France
. It was formerly known as the Conseil National du Patronat Français or CNPF
(in English: "National Council of the French Employers").
It has more than 700,000 member firms, 90% are from SME, with fewer than 50 employees. MEDEF is engaged in lobbying all decision-makers at the local, regional, national and European levels.
Every year, MEDEF International organises a number of delegations of French business leaders with concrete projects to targeted countries, especially developing countries.
MEDEF states that they endorse “sustainable development”, raising companies’ awareness to the fact that protection of the planet may also be numbered among their competitive advantages.
Its current president is Laurence Parisot
, CEO of IFOP.
Previous president was Ernest-Antoine Seillière
. Guillaume Sarkozy, the brother of French president Nicolas Sarkozy
, is a senior executive of the MEDEF.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was formerly known as the Conseil National du Patronat Français or CNPF
CNPF
The CNPF was a union of employers created in December 1945 on request of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, which wanted a representative organization of all of the employers...
(in English: "National Council of the French Employers").
It has more than 700,000 member firms, 90% are from SME, with fewer than 50 employees. MEDEF is engaged in lobbying all decision-makers at the local, regional, national and European levels.
Every year, MEDEF International organises a number of delegations of French business leaders with concrete projects to targeted countries, especially developing countries.
MEDEF states that they endorse “sustainable development”, raising companies’ awareness to the fact that protection of the planet may also be numbered among their competitive advantages.
Its current president is Laurence Parisot
Laurence Parisot
Laurence Parisot is the head of the French MEDEF employers' union since the 5 July 2005...
, CEO of IFOP.
Previous president was Ernest-Antoine Seillière
Ernest-Antoine Seillière
Ernest-Antoine Seillière de Laborde, born 20 December 1937 in Neuilly-sur-Seine is an entrepreneur and the heir to the Wendel empire ....
. Guillaume Sarkozy, the brother of French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
, is a senior executive of the MEDEF.
See also
- Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of EuropeUnion of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of EuropeFounded in 1958, BUSINESSEUROPE represents small, medium and large companies through its members, 41 leading national business organisations in 35 European countries working together to achieve growth and competitiveness in Europe...
(UNICE) - Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie (UIMM)Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgieThe Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie is the largest sub-federation of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France , the French largest union of employers....
- Lisbon Agenda