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European Commission - Press release Brussels, 7 February 2012. Almost all Member States have improved their innovation performance according to the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011. However, innovation performance growth is slowing down and the EU is ...

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 2 February 2012 – With the signature of further contracts for satellites and launchers in London today, Galileo is firmly on track for the provision of improved satellite navigation services to citizens in ...

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 19 January 2011: The economic outlook for EU industry has deteriorated. According to the January 2012 report published today by the European Commission, in the last three months to November 2011, manufacturing ...

Vice President Antonio Tajani visited Madrid for the first official meeting with the new Spanish government. He participated in meetings and conferences aimed to boosting growth and competitiveness in Europe. Mr Tajani met Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to discuss the EU strategy for growth, with particular attention to the issue of tourism, SMEs and jobs.

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 January 2012. 85% of net new jobs 1 in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This figure is considerably higher than the 67%-share of SMEs in total employment. ...

European Commission - Press release Brussels, 12 January – Over 16 000 children across the EU participated in the Galileo Drawing Competition in a bid to have a Galileo Programme Satellite named after them which will be launched into space....

Access to finance is essential to enhance the competiveness and growth potential of SMEs. In the context of the current crisis, marked by a fall in lending to the real economy, it is increasingly ...