The Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CPME), formerly known as the Confédération Générale des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CGPME; English: General Confederation of Small and Medium Companies) is a union of employers in France.[1]
Overview
It was created in 1944 by Leon Gingembre, who was Chairman until 1978.[2] He was followed by René Bernasconi (1978–1990), Lucien Rebuffel (1990–2000), Jacques Freidel (2000–2002).[2] Its current Chairman is Jean-François Roubaud (since 2002).[1]
It has 500,000 members.[1] It is affiliated to the Economic and Social Council, the Conseil National de Crédit,[2] and Pacte PME International.[3]
Contrarily to the MEDEF, it aims at representing small business owners.[2]