Press Release: ‘Connecting Europe’ – business leaders and policy-makers strongly support the Commission’s 50 billion plan for strategic infrastructure investment in transport, energy and internet

At a high-level conference in Brussels, business leaders and policy-makers strongly supported the creation of a Connecting Europe Facility as proposed by the European Commission for the European Union's new financing period 2014-2020.

With up to 50 billion euros the Connecting Europe Facility could become a key instrument for targeted infrastructure investment at European level to ensure the smooth functioning of the Single Market and boost sustainable growth, jobs and competitiveness across the European Union.