EU JOBS, GROWTH, INVESTMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COMMITMENTS 2014-2019

EU Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Policy Commitment 2014-2019

• Stimulate investment and strengthen competitiveness to boost growth and jobs
• Propose an Investment Package, based on both public and private investment and minimising debt and deficit
• Create jobs while preserving the EU’s social market economy model
• Increase the lending capacity of the European Investment Bank, of national promotional banks, and of other European financial instruments
• Enforce the Services Directive
• Foster innovation and sustainable competitiveness, concentrating on research and development and fair free trade agreements
• Deepen the EU’s economic governance framework and increase Member States’ commitment to reform
• Promote the digital single market
• Promote the energy single market; focus on renewables from the non-food sector and reform the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS)
• Support SMEs by developing standards for high quality securisation and cross-border credit information; develop the European market for private placement
• Complete the banking union and build a Capital Markets Union