# Joint Conclusions on Policy Objectives and Priorities for 2025-2029 Canonical URL: https://digital-acquis.eu/strategy/joint-conclusions-on-policy-objectives-and-priorities-for-2025-2029 Entry type: strategy Source edition current through: 17 July 2026 (2026-07-17). This is not a page modification date. Status: not recorded. A delivered initiative is not necessarily legislation in force. Document type: Joint statement by the three key EU Institutions Release date: 2025-03-14 ## Summary The Joint Conclusions set shared priorities for competitiveness, investment and the Single Market. They call for fewer barriers to doing business, reduced administrative burdens and a harmonised legal regime for companies operating across the EU. Innovation, better use of data, support for startups and investment in frontier technologies are presented as ways to improve productivity. The conclusions connect this agenda with decarbonisation, stronger strategic sectors, energy sovereignty and lower energy prices. They retain the commitment to climate neutrality and a just transition that supports social cohesion and equity. ## Sources - [Official source]() ## Action items (4; complete published list) ### 1. Action item 70001 We will take decisive action to ensure Europe’s continued prosperity by boosting long-term competitiveness following the direction set in the Competitiveness Compass, which draws on the recommendations contained in the Draghi report. We are determined to fully exploit the potential of the Single Market and overcome remaining barriers, including through the new European Savings and Investments Union, building on the Letta report. Provenance: source document doc-006, paragraph 1. Digital dimension: not recorded. ### 2. Action item 70002 We are committed to making it easier and faster to do business in the EU, including for SMEs, to creating quality jobs and to providing swift relief to companies by urgently reducing administrative burden, and achieving a far-reaching simplification of European legislation by prioritising the related proposals. We will provide a harmonised legal regime of EU-wide rules for companies wherever they invest and operate in the Single Market. Provenance: source document doc-006, paragraph 2. Digital dimension: not recorded. ### 3. Action item 70003 We will encourage innovation by European businesses by harnessing the potential of data, giving circularity and technological neutrality a much more prominent place in our economy, supporting start-ups and investing in frontier technologies to close our productivity gap with other economies. We will stay on course with the goals of reaching climate neutrality in the Union by 2050, boosting our competitiveness and committing to a just transition promoting social cohesion and equity. Provenance: source document doc-006, paragraph 3. Digital dimension: not recorded. ### 4. Action item 70004 We commit to decarbonising our economy, boosting strategic sectors, strengthening strategic energy sovereignty and bringing down energy prices. Provenance: source document doc-006, paragraph 4. Digital dimension: not recorded. ## Referenced entries - [Competitiveness Compass]() — status: not recorded. The Competitiveness Compass brings together work on innovation, industrial transition and the conditions for businesses to grow in Europe. Its agenda spans startups, strategic technologies, research and investment, alongside affordable energy, cleaner industry and circular production. Measures on the Single Market, simpler rules, procurement and standardisation accompany this sectoral work. The programme also includes trade partnerships, raw-material supplies, security and preparedness. Skills, labour mobility and quality jobs connect the economic agenda with workforce needs. The programme combines strategies, legislative proposals, investment initiatives and coordination measures across these policy areas. Source document doc-006, action item 70001: > We will take decisive action to ensure Europe’s continued prosperity by boosting long-term competitiveness following the direction set in the Competitiveness Compass, which draws on the recommendations contained in the Draghi report. We are determined to fully exploit the potential of the Single Market and overcome remaining barriers, including through the new European Savings and Investments Union, building on the Letta report. - [Savings and Investments Union (SIU)]() — status: in progress. The Savings and Investments Union programme seeks to increase retail participation, channel savings into productive investment and strengthen EU capital markets. It includes a blueprint and tax recommendation for savings and investment accounts, a financial-literacy strategy, pension measures and measures on institutional equity investment. Further work covers venture and growth capital, cross-border investment barriers, trading and post-trading rules, supervision, banking integration and a mid-term review. Source document doc-006, action item 70001: > We will take decisive action to ensure Europe’s continued prosperity by boosting long-term competitiveness following the direction set in the Competitiveness Compass, which draws on the recommendations contained in the Draghi report. We are determined to fully exploit the potential of the Single Market and overcome remaining barriers, including through the new European Savings and Investments Union, building on the Letta report. ## Current developments Latest updates from Digital Policy Alert and Global Trade Alert. No reviewed developments available; this does not establish that no developments exist. --- [Reading guide and interpretation notes]() · [Methodology]()