UNICE - Definition

The Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe, commonly known as UNICE, is a Brussels-based European industry association.

It was founded in 1958 to drive the creation of the EU as a free trade zone. Together with the EU Employers Federation and the European Round Table of Industrialists, UNICE has been one of the principal advocates of the EU treaties prior to their negotiation, and major backers of the international European movement.

See also

• European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations (EICTA)
• Keidanren, a Japanese business association
• Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), a French business association
• Lobbying

External links

• Official web page (http://www.unice.org/)
• The Amsterdam Summit in retrospect: Maastricht II and corporate lobby successes (http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer0/maastricht.html)
• The Amsterdam Treaty - How Industry Got Its Way (http://www.pmckenna.com/agenda/treaty/amsterdam/social3.html)

In German

• Die Lobbypolitik der europäischen Konzerne in Brüssel (http://www.geocities.com/kleineba/unice.htm)