Guarantee the economic stability for sustainable growth
Safeguard economic and budgetary sustainability, a prerequisite for more jobs
Promote an efficient allocation of resources, which is geared to growth and jobs
Ensure that the development of salaries contributes to macroeconomic stability and growth
Strengthen the consistency of macroeconomic, structural and employment policies
Contribute to the dynamism and smooth operation of EMU
Increase and improve investments in research and development, in particular in the private sector, with a view to establishing a European area of knowledge
Facilitate all forms of innovation
Facilitate the spread and effective use of ICTs and build a fully inclusive information society
Strengthen the competitive advantages of its industrial base
Encourage the sustainable use of resources and strengthen the synergies between environmental protection and growth
Extend and deepen the internal market
Ensure open and competitive markets inside and outside Europe, reap the rewards of globalisation
Create a more competitive business environment and encourage private initiative by improving regulations
Promote a more entrepreneurial culture and create a supportive environment for SMEs
Expand, improve and connect European infrastructures and complete priority cross-border projects
Implement employment policies aiming at achieving full employment, improving quality and productivity at work, and strengthening social and territorial cohesion
Promote a lifecycle approach to work
Ensure inclusive labour markets, enhance work attractiveness, and make work pay for job-seekers, including disadvantaged people and the inactive
Improve matching of labour market needs
Promote flexibility combined with employment security and reduce labour market segmentation, having due regard to the role of social partners
Ensure employment-friendly labour costs developments and wage-setting mechanisms
Expand and improve investment in human capital
Adapt education and training systems in response to new skill requirements