Brussels, 18/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 December, EU heads of state gave their political backing to the European Commission's investment plan that aims to attract private funding of €315 billion between 2015 and 2017.
The summit stressed the urgent need to act speedily and establish a European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) as early as mid-2015 under the aegis of the EIB (see EUROPE 11220 and 11205). Using the Community Method, the legislative procedure to establish...