Press Release: Commission sets out 8 key EU measures to create more growth and jobs

The European Commission on 20 July 2005 tabled a comprehensive plan of EU measures to boost growth and create more and better jobs by promoting knowledge and innovation and making Europe an attractive place to invest and work. In this 'Community Lisbon Programme' the Commission announced that it would push to further open markets, cut red tape and invest in modern infrastructure so that our enterprises could grow, innovate and create new jobs. The policies presented in the Community Lisbon Programme cover areas where purely national action was deemed to be insufficient. This programme was meant to complement the efforts of Member States in the framework of the new 'Partnership for Growth and Jobs', who were to present their national reform programmes in October 2005.

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