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MEPs to create COVID recovery taskforce for hospitality sector

MEPs and the beer sector are working to create a special taskforce to help bars, pubs, restaurants and cafés recover from the economic effects of the pandemic. According to Ivan Štefanec, MEP and President of the European Parliament Beer Club, the taskforce aims...

Brewers invite us to #RECONNECT

Brewers invite us to #RECONNECT

The Brewers of Europe have launched a campaign, under the concept of #reconnect, to call for ongoing support of the hospitality sector in the wake of the COVID19 crisis and lockdown. The hospitality sector is being invited to reopen, but this must be done in a...

Number of breweries in the EU hits 10,000

Number of breweries in the EU hits 10,000

Brussels, 5 December 2019 – There are now more than 10,000 breweries in the European Union according to the latest figures revealed today by The Brewers of Europe, whilst both the production and consumption of beer have gradually grown year on year for the last...

A new President for the European Parliament’s Beer Club

A new President for the European Parliament’s Beer Club

17 September 2019: Slovak MEP Ivan Štefanec is to become the new President of the European Parliament’s Beer Club. MEP Štefanec -- who steps up from his role as Vice-President of the Beer Club during the last parliamentary term -- stated: “Brewing in Europe creates...

Exports boost Europe’s beer production to eight-year high

Exports boost Europe’s beer production to eight-year high

BRUSSELS 4 December 2018. Europe’s beer production rose to an eight-year high in 2017 bolstered by record exports, a rise in micro-breweries and increased low-alcohol products. According to The Brewers of Europe’s latest report on Europe’s beer sector,...