Spotlight on EU investments and growth
In November 2014, the European Commission announced the start of the investment plan for Europe — also called #investEU. It included a new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and its goals were to get Europe growing again whilst getting more people back to work after a period of global economic crisis.
Mobilising €360 billion worth of investments as of November 2018, the investment plan has exceeded its initial target of €315 billion. It has already benefited millions of homes in the EU and supported more than 750 000 jobs, with the figure set to rise to 1.4 million by 2020. In parallel, it has already increased the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the EU by 0.6 % and is set to contribute a further 0.7 % by 2020. This played an important role in the recent Annual Growth Survey 2019 forecasting that the EU’s economy will soon be entering its sixth year of uninterrupted growth, providing jobs to a record number of people and raising the living standards of millions of families.
This special #investEU bundle shows you specific examples of how each Member State invests in the future. You can find out more about the EU’s investments and growth in this month’s newsletter, along with some of the most interesting EU publications on several other topics, including research.
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Retooling Europe’s economy
This annual report by the European Investment Bank (EIB) provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of investment and financing in the European Union. The 2018/2019 edition examines many of the structural issues that will determine the EU’s future: skills, innovation, digital technologies, critical infrastructure and climate action. It incorporates the results of the annual EIB survey which surveyed 12 500 businesses across the EU.
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Investment plan for Europe, July 2018
Through this factsheet, the European Commission communicated in July 2018 that the Investment plan for Europe met its initial target. The factsheet also analyses the plan’s impact on jobs, growth, citizens and businesses. It sets out the Commission’s proposal for the extension of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
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The ESIF-viewer makes it easy to search for all the planned investments under a range of EU funds. This application uses data from the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) operational programmes and displays search results on a map at both national and regional level. You can search by country, region, type of operational programme, sector or investment goals.
Share your search results online or download them as a CSV, Word or PDF file.
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How is the investment climate holding up in Europe and globally amidst an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment? What are Europe’s strengths and weaknesses vis-à-vis other regions of the world? Find out the major ongoing trends in investment that investors and policymakers should be alert to in this publication.
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To many, it sounded like a fairy tale: invest some money and within 3 years it will have multiplied 15 times over. Yet this is exactly what the European Investment Bank Group and the European Commission did with the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), a key part of their response to the worst financial crisis in a century. But what can even €315 billion do for the whole of the EU? This publication presents some answers to this question.
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Interim report, June 2018
This European Central Bank (ECB) report presents a concise overview of developments in the use of the euro by non-euro-area residents. It covers developments in 2017 and early 2018, a period characterised by strong growth momentum in the euro-area economy as well as by the continued impact of the ECB’s asset purchase programme. These developments affected the euro’s international role, which showed signs of broad stabilisation.
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A glance at statistics — electric vehicles (EV) only account for about 2 % of EU registrations — could easily lead us to believe that the EV era will not be upon us anytime soon. Yet, recent turmoil in the car industry, new EU emission standards and fresh innovations are likely to accelerate the transition. This issue of the Research*eu magazine sheds light on some of the most recent technological breakthroughs in this sector.
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Study
This report describes the current state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact for learning, teaching and education. The report is aimed at policy developers. Nevertheless, it makes points that are of interest to technology developers and researchers studying the impact of AI on the economy, society, education and learning.
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May 2016 to June 2018
This report presents the working outcomes of the European Council, where the leaders of the European Union meet. It shows how the Union’s political unity was maintained and strengthened in the face of multiple threats and challenges: unprecedented migratory pressures, shifts in geopolitics, a sustained terror threat, an uncertain economic outlook and the decision by British voters to leave the EU.
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Fighting climate change together
‘Our planet, our future’ is a youth magazine written by ‘young people for young people’. It explains, in a friendly way, what is causing climate change and what we can do about it, showing all of us (and especially young people who will live longer on this planet) how to make a difference and prevent or limit the damage that climate change can cause.
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An issue of fundamental rights
Poverty can deprive children of educational opportunities, childcare, access to healthcare, adequate food and housing, family support and even protection from violence. This report outlines data and survey findings about child poverty in the EU and keeps track of the progress made so far.
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Reflections and scenarios for the EU27 by 2025
This paper looks at how Europe will change in the next decade under the influence of several trends: new technologies, doubts about globalisation, security concerns and the rise of populism. It spells out the choices faced by Europe: being swept along by those trends or embracing them and seizing the new opportunities they bring. It also sets out five scenarios, each offering a glimpse into the potential state of the Union by 2025 depending on the choices Europe will make.
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The new instrument for pre-accession assistance
This factsheet presents the benefits of the new instrument proposed by the European Commission for pre-accession assistance to EU candidate countries. Pre-accession assistance supports these countries in adopting and implementing key political, institutional, social and economic reforms to comply with EU values and to progressively align to its rules, standards and policies.
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This leaflet tries to answer several important questions that EU citizens living, studying or working in the UK may have about their post-Brexit rights. Due to the dynamic nature of the subject, readers should try to keep updated with the latest information as the Brexit process progresses.
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