Press Release: Country-specific recommendations 2015: Further efforts needed to support a robust recovery

On 13 May 2015, the European Commission adopted in Brussels country-specific economic policy recommendations for 2015 and 2016 asking for national actions to create jobs and stimulate growth.

These recommendations reflect the Commission’s economic and social agenda focusing on three mutually reinforcing pillars: boosting investment, implementing structural reforms and pursuing fiscal responsibility.

The successful implementation of the 2015 country-specific recommendations will be key to making Europe’s return to jobs and growth sustainable and less dependent on the external, cyclical factors that currently support the recovery.

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