Mouvement des Entreprises de France

{{short description|Employers' association in France}} {{Infobox organization |name = Mouvement des entreprises de France |image = Logo medef.png |image_border = |image_size = 193px |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1945 (CNPF), 1998 (MEDEF) |extinction = |type = Employer federation |headquarters = 55 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris |location = Paris, France |membership = |language = |leader_title = |leader_name = Patrick Martin |key_people = |num_staff = |budget = |website = [http://www.medef.fr www.medef.fr] }} The '''Mouvement des entreprises de France''' ('''MEDEF'''), or the '''Movement of the Enterprises of France''', is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the '''Conseil national du patronat français''' ('''CNPF'''), or the "National Council of the French Employers", which was founded in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernest-Antoine Seillière |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/personnes/ernest-antoine-seilliere |access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref>

==Operations== MEDEF has more than 750,000 member firms, 90 percent of them being small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with fewer than 50 employees. MEDEF is engaged in lobbying at local, regional, national, and EU-wide levels.<ref>[https://www.medef.com/en/who-are-we/overview MEDEF Website]</ref>

Every year, MEDEF International organises a number of delegations of French business leaders with tangible projects to targeted countries, especially developing countries. MEDEF espouses “sustainable development”, raising companies’ awareness to the fact that environmental protection can also feature among their competitive advantages.

==Leadership== * 1998–2005: Ernest-Antoine Seillière * 2005–2013: Laurence Parisot<ref>Katrin Bennhold (6 July 2005), [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/business/worldbusiness/for-lobby-group-a-french-revolution-2005070690819070702.html For lobby group, a French revolution] ''New York Times''.</ref> * 2013–2018: Pierre Gattaz * 2018–2023: Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux<ref>Harriet Agnew (3 July 2018), [https://www.ft.com/content/095860b6-7eab-11e8-8e67-1e1a0846c475 Tech entrepreneur to head French business lobby group] ''Reuters''.</ref> * 2023–present: Patrick Martin<ref>Elizabeth Pineau (7 July 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-employers-group-medef-elects-martin-new-head-2023-07-06/ French employers' group Medef elects Martin as new head] ''Reuters''.</ref>

== See also == {{Portal|France|Companies|Organized Labour|Economics}} *Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) *Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie (UIMM) *Lisbon Agenda

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.medef.fr Official site of the MEDEF]

Category:Employers' organizations Category:Business organisations based in France Category:1998 establishments in France Category:Organizations established in 1998 Category:Organisations based in Paris