For the first time, the presidents of Commission, Council and Parliament have signed a document that sets the European Union’s priorities for the following year. In 2017, the focus will be investmest in jobs and growth, social dimensions of the EU, migration policy, security, the digital single market and the energy union and climate.

EU institutions set their key goals for 2017

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From the euro crisis to the refugee influx to terrorist threats, 

And yet certain crucial laws can take years to make, 

and the European Parliament required to ratify Commission proposals. 

A procedure that must speed up for urgent issues. 

the presidents of all 3 institutions have signed a document

that sets the Union’s priorities for the following year. 

With the situation we have in Europe with so many crises overlapping,

what is at stake is to show that the European Union is crucial

in providing real solutions for citizens concerns.

investment in jobs and growth, social security and action for youth, 

security, migration, the digital single market, and the energy union and climate.##@#

The aim of this declaration is to have a deal on where we can reach concrete results 

and on what we can realistically deliver in the time we have in front of us.##@#

Behind every vision is a concrete project. 

The priorities include completing the banking union with risk sharing 

With nearly 1 in 5 young Europeans out of work in 2015, 

more funds will go to fight youth unemployment. ##@# 

Another initiative will give European volunteers aged 18 to 30 

the chance to work in areas such as health, education and refugee aid.

Laws promoting energy efficiency and low-carbon investments 