Press Release: Commission presents policy priorities for 2008

The Commission presented on 21 February 2007 its Annual Policy Strategy setting out its political priorities for 2008 . This document is presented every year around March and marks the beginning of the Commission's policy cycle. It outlines the Commission's policy objectives, namely in the four key strategic areas of the Barroso Commission: prosperity, solidarity, security and freedom and a stronger role of the EU in the world. It also puts forward key actions in cross-cutting issues such as jobs, energy and climate change and migration management.