Press Release: EU Annual Growth Survey 2015: A new Momentum for Jobs, Growth and Investment

The 2015 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) published by the European Commission on the 28 November 2014 focused on putting Europe back on a path of sustainable job creation and economic growth. The arrival of the new Commission, with an ambitious agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change, was the right moment to generate a new momentum. By proposing an ambitious Investment Plan to mobilise at least €315bn of additional public and private investment over the next three years, Europe was turning a page. This was part of the European Commission's overall approach to support job creation and get Europe growing.

As part of this approach, the Commission, in its Annual Growth Survey 2015, recommended pursuing an economic and social policy based on three main pillars:

1. A boost to investment
2. A renewed commitment to structural reforms
3. The pursuit of fiscal responsibility.

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