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EHPA BRIEFING: Perspectives for the EU’s strategic priorities in 2019 – a new design for sustainable growth

EHPA BRIEFING: Perspectives for the EU’s strategic priorities in 2019 – a new design for sustainable growth

12 Jun 2022

Published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland on May 8th 2019

On May 8th, the Finnish Government published its Perspectives for the EU’s strategic priorities in 2019 – a new design for sustainable growth,which reveals the vision and key considerations of their future presidency! The outlook is intended as a basis for the new strategic priorities of the European Union and for the work programme to be agreed for the next European Commission (to be appointed in November 2019). 

The Finnish Authorities call for a “modern industrial policy”. According to them, “the EU needs a strategic blueprint and an ambitious action plan interlinking industrial and single market policies to boost the competitiveness of the European economy”.

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