Political meeting

Competitiveness Council

Council Meetings
Venue
Justus Lipsius
Rue de la Loi 175, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Event dates
March 02 - March 03

Last updated on 02 March 2015, 16.41

Agenda highlights:

  • Digital market. Ministers in charge of competitiveness will discuss ways to create a truly digital single market and the benefits that that market will bring to customers and businesses across the EU.
  • Better investment environment. They will also discuss how to create simpler, better and more predictable rules to spur investment in the EU. The discussion follows the presentation by the European Commission of the investment plan for Europe, which aims to mobilise at least €315 billion in private and public investment over the next three years.
  • Big data. On the second day, ministers will examine the links between research, innovation and the digital economy and the ways in which they can boost growth and competitiveness. They will also discuss big data and what the EU can do to speed up the transition towards a data-driven economy.
More information http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/compet/2015/03/02-03/ Background note PDF, 204.37KB Draft Council Conclusions on Single Market Policy PDF, 258.98KB
Contacts
Jānis Rungulis
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union
Spokesperson (COREPER I)