Brussels, Oct. 2 -- A senior executive of Dutch semiconductor giant ASML has criticised the European Union for being inaccessible to Europe's companies. He made the remarks during Politico's Competitive Europe summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

Frank Heemskerk, executive vice president of global public affairs at ASML, said it is not always easy to have access to top EU policymakers and also revealed that the company's CEO had a two-hour meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said political leaders should sit down with the companies investing money.

"It's not always easy", he said when asked if he felt the company had sufficient access to top European policymakers such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Frank He...