Press Release: Investment Plan for Europe: European Fund for Strategic Investments ready for take-off in autumn

On 22 July 2015 the European Commission agreed a package of measures to ensure that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) be up and running by early autumn 2015, keeping the timetable set by President Jean-Claude Juncker to implement the Investment Plan for Europe.

The Commission also published a Communication on the role of National Promotional Banks (NPBs) in participating in EFSI investments. In addition to the signature of the EFSI agreement in Brussels, further decisions were taken by the College of Commissioners.

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