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‘Juncker’ plan has played a crucial role in stimulating private investment, according to an ex-post evaluation

Brussels, 22/12/2022 (Agence Europe)

Set up at the end of 2014 to shift the European Union’s policy priorities after the sovereign debt crisis, the ‘Juncker’ plan has achieved the goal of boosting mainly private investment by €500 billion by 2020, according to an ex-post evaluation unveiled on Tuesday 20 December.

By the end of 2021, nearly €100 billion of aid from the ‘European Fund for Strategic Investments’ (EFSI), the financial instrument of the ‘Juncker’ plan, was expected to mobilise more than...