# Joint Declaration on the EU legislative priorities 2025 Canonical URL: https://digital-acquis.eu/strategy/joint-declaration-on-the-eu-legislative-priorities-2025 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 declaration links the 2025 legislative agenda to sustainable prosperity and competitiveness. It prioritises lower energy costs and dependency, a deeper Single Market, stronger strategic sectors and support for smaller businesses. Digital technology, innovation and public and private investment are central to this approach, alongside quality jobs. The declaration also commits to climate neutrality and a socially fair transition. Simplifying EU rules is presented as an urgent task across sectors, intended to reduce burdens on companies while preserving the agreed policy objectives. ## Sources - [Official source]() ## Action items (3; complete published list) ### 1. Action item 80001 To boost Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness, we will address high energy prices and further reduce our energy dependency, deepen our Single Market, support European strategic sectors and SMEs, ensure digital tech diffusion, promote quality jobs and turbo-charge public and private investments. Provenance: source document doc-007, paragraph 1. Digital dimension: not recorded. ### 2. Action item 80002 By doing so, we will promote strong, competitive industries and European businesses that become leading global innovators, particularly in artificial intelligence. We will stay the course to climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 while committing to a just transition promoting social cohesion and equity. Provenance: source document doc-007, paragraph 2. Digital dimension: not recorded. ### 3. Action item 80003 Working jointly on a range of measures across different sectors, we will pursue our common goal of making EU rules simpler and less burdensome as a matter of urgency. We will do so without compromising agreed policy objectives, preserving the scope of simplification initiatives to provide maximum and swift relief to companies. Provenance: source document doc-007, paragraph 3. Digital dimension: not recorded. ## 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]()