while small and medium sized enterprises are the foundation european competitiveness in the largest creator of jobs the crisis has shown very clearly at the same time the owners of 
While small and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation for European Union competitiveness and the largest creator of jobs, the crisis has shown very clearly that, at the same time, the owners of small and medium-sized enterprises are the most vulnerable, and the policy pursued by the Member States is not especially favourable to promoting and developing them, because EU legislation, such as the Small Business Act, is not being fully implemented and applied.
While small and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation European competitiveness and the largest creator of jobs, the crisis has shown very clearly at same time, the owners of and enterprises are the most the policy by the States is not especially favourable to promoting and because EU legislation, such as the Small Business not being fully implemented and applied.