Key figures for the EU · Key figures for the EU 2014-2019 October 2019. 2 ... and more influential on the world stage. As a political Commission, it was ‘big on the big things’

Key figures for the EU2014-2019October 2019

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“I will always closely follow the development of what always was and will remain my life’s greatest love affair: Europe. I am proud to have been able to contribute even in small part to this great journey, which allowed us to achieve what seemed impossible some 60 years ago. And I know that the generations to come, those that have only ever known a united and peaceful Europe, will succeed in achieving tomorrow what appears impossible for us today.” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker

When the Juncker Commission took office five years ago, Europe had been weakened by the worst economic and social crisis since the Second World War. With waning support from citizens, President Juncker felt it was the ‘last chance’ for the European Union to regain trust. That is why the President was determined to take a different approach, and to build a political Commission that pays close attention to people’s concerns and provides solutions.

In the past five years, the European Commission has worked tirelessly to drive the European Union forward and improve citizens’ lives. The Juncker Commission has strived to make Europe more social, more united, more relatable to its citizens, and more influential on the world stage. As a political Commission, it was ‘big on the big things’ and more modest in other areas, where it left responsibility to national and local authorities. Throughout different crises, the Commission stayed true to its values, its principles and its priorities. Today, we pass on a healthier European economy than the one we inherited. Trust in our Union and in the EU institutions is the highest in 10 years. And around the world, the European Union continues to be seen as a beacon of hope, a guardian of peace, and a source of stability.

201920182017201620152014(until October)

2013201220112010(from February)

1526

212323

117

196

108

146

79

Juncker CommissionBarroso II Commission

130per year(on average)

Key Initiatives Proposals for withdrawal

Repealed laws

Initiatives for regulatory simplification

1422015-2019

1622015-2019

842015-2019

Source: European Commission.

83%reduction

BETTER REGULATION

SHAPING EUROPE

In the course of his political career, Jean-Claude Juncker attended close to 600 meetings at the European level. At times, he was in charge of several national portfolios and sat in different Councils.

596 meetings

29Budget Council meetings

197Economic and Financial Affairs Council meetings

147European Council

meetings

21Euro Summits

164 Eurogroup meetings

38Employment and Social Policy Council meetings

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INFRINGEMENT CASES

DELIVERING THE POSITIVE AGENDA

Infringement cases open at year-end 2014 - 11 October 2019

Infringement cases closed before going to the Court of Justice

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

02014 2015 2016 2017 2018

The Juncker Commission takes officeThe Juncker Commission takes office

699657 646

772

564

663

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 11 Oct2019

11 Oct2019

1,800

1,600

1,347 1,368

1,657

1,559

1,571 1,581

1,400

1,200

1,100

28

15

33

11

14

63

17

4

7

20

116

1

2

32

87

18

1

3

31

21

7

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A new boost for jobs, growth and investment

A connected digital single market

A resilient energy union with a forward-looking climate change policy

A deeper and fairer internal market with a strengthened industrial base

A deeper and fairer Economic and Monetary Union

Open and fair trade in a rules-based global system

An area of justice and fundamental rights based on mutual trust

Towards a new policy on migration

A stronger global actor

A Union of democratic change

Proposed by the European Commission and agreed by the European Parliament and the Council

Proposed by the European Commission and pending adoption by the European Parliament and the Council

Rejected by the European Parliament

* This refers to 535 proposals, 488 made under the Juncker Commission + 47 carried over from previous Commissions

Legislative proposals made by the Juncker Commission or carried over from previous Commissions.*

Source: European Commission. Source: European Commission.


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in the EU and the euro area in recent years

The EU and euro area have now grown for

Growth has been around

25consecutive quarters

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

in the EU and euro area

The ratio of government debt in the EU has fallen from

of Europeans have a positive opinion of the current situation of the European economy

49%Public deficit in the EU has decreased 88.3%

(2014) to

(2018)81.9%

2%

Robust Growth: From Recovery to Expansion

More and Better Jobs

PROGRESS ON THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION

14 million jobs

Record high number of people -

JOBS

241.4 million in employment

The employment rate was at a record high in the second quarter of 2019, at

73.9%

youth unemployment

14.2%

created in the EU since the start of the Juncker Commission

While still too high,

has decreased from a peak of 24% in January 2013 to

Unemployment is declining % of active population

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 20196

8

10

12

14The Juncker Commission takes office

11.5

10.0



euro areaEU

from 6.6% (2009)

to 0.7% (2018)

6

The Juncker Plan delivered

By 2019 the Juncker Plan had

increased GDP by

By 2022 the Juncker Plan will

increase GDP by

and added

1.1

million jobs

and add

1.7

million jobs

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

GDP

grow

th in

%

DIRECT IMPACT

STRUCTURAL IMPACT

Investment in the EU has returned to pre-crisis levels and is steadily increasing.

As of October 2019 the Juncker Plan is set to trigger €439.4 billion in additional

investment across the EU.

The Juncker Plan has played a key role in boosting jobs and growth in the EU.

More than one million startups and small businesses are now expected to

benefit from improved access to finance.

0.9% 1.8%


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Economic growthin (%)

forecast

-12

-9

-6

-3

0

3

20202019201820172016201520142013201220112010

-5.5

-9.1

-7.3

-3.2

0.7

-0.4 -0.2

1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2

Unemployment in (%)

10

15

20

25

30

2019201820172016201520142013201220112010

24.9

17.9

24.5

27.526.5

23.6

21.5

19.3

12.7

17.0(June 2019)

-12

-9

-6

-3

0

3

20202019201820172016201520142013201220112010

-5.5

-9.1

-7.3

-3.2

0.7

-0.4 -0.2

1.4 1.9 2.1 2.2

The Juncker Commission takes office

Source: Eurostat.

The Juncker Commission takes office

Spotlight on Greece

Greece has received

€20.4 billionfrom EU funds, equivalent to around 11% of its GDP, since July 2015

Between January and July 2015, 4 Euro Summit and 16 Eurogroup meetings discussed the economic situation in Greece President Jean-Claude Juncker and Prime Minister Alexis

Tsipras, Brussels, 3 June 2015

Trade Policy to support Jobs and Growth

EU-U.S. Trade

41 trade agreements

with 72 countries15 the number of countries with trade deals with the EU that have entered into force since 2014

The United States and the European Union have a $1 trillion bilateral trade relationship. With their Joint Statement of 25 July 2018, President Juncker and President Trump expressed their commitment to further strengthen this trade relationship to the benefit of all American and European citizens.

15% increase in EU exports between 2014-2018

EU-Japan agreement accounts to almost

30% of global GDP

TRADE NETWORK

36 million EU jobs supported by trade with non-EU countries.

5 million more than in 2014

€6.1 billion of additional export opportunities through barriers

removed

15% increase in EU exports to Canada in 2018

- the first full year of application of EU-Canada Agreement



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President Jean-Claude Juncker and President Donald Trump, Washington, 25 July 2018

JOINT STATEMENT

25%

47%

26%

United States of America Brazil Canada Uruguay Ukraine Other

44%

35%

8%

Average of the previous 5 years 2019/2020

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week of the marketing year

2019/205-year trimmed average

Imports of soya beans by origin (last updated October 2019)

EU imports of soya beans of U.S. origin cumulative volume (last updated October 2019)

U.S. LNG Exports to the EU are on the rise in billion cubic meters - cumulative (last updated October 2019)

0 bcm

2 bcm

4 bcm

6 bcm

8 bcm

10 bcm

12 bcm

14 bcm

16 bcm

18 bcm

2016 2017 2018 2019

+93%

+479%Meeting between President Jean-Claude Juncker and President Donald Trump

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50.000

100.000

150.000

200.000

250.000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

MIGRATION

Opening safe pathways

The situation today: irregular border crossing on the 3 main routes

Arriv

als

per m

onth

Almost 63,000 people resettled from outside the EU

Almost 35,000 relocated within the EU

over 12,700 relocated from Italy

over 21,000 relocated from Greece

100% of eligible candidates relocated

Over 760,000 lives saved since 2015

551 vessels removed

20 October 2015

10,000 arrivals

160 traffickers and smugglers apprehended by Operation Sophia

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 EU operations contributed to:

Eastern Mediterranean

Central Mediterranean

Western Mediterranean

are 90% lower than in September 2015

Arrivals along all routes

51 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in place, of which 26 are in the steel sector

defending additional

190,000 direct jobs

A Europe that protects

128,000 of these jobs are in the steel sector

GENDER DIVERSE MANAGEMENT

EU CIVIL PROTECTIONMECHANISM

The EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated 128 times since 2014 to deliver emergency assistance following natural disasters such as forest fires, floods, earthquakes and other crises in Europe and worldwide.

In 2019 the rescEU civil protection system was established to provide stronger crisis response within the EU.

2014-2019

128

of management positions in the European Commission are now occupied by women, in comparison to 30% in November 2014; an increase of 37%

41%



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Scaling up the EU’s border agency

EU Border Guards currently deployed

Reserve pool: 1,500

Investing in border management

2014 2006-2013 2014-2020 2021-20272019

1,300<300 2.4billion

5.6billion

21.3billion

EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS

More than 30,000 young people have been participating in projects all over Europe.

The Commission proposed a €1.26 billion budget to strengthen and expand the European Solidarity Corps in the EU’s next long-term budget 2021-2027, with the aim of providing at least 350,000 opportunities for young Europeans.


over 172,000 young people have registered, since President Juncker announced the creation of the European Solidarity Corps in September 2016

Sep 2016-2019 2021-2027

x11.7at least

350,00030,000

Placements in projects all over Europe

ENGAGING WITH CITIZENS

Citizens’ Dialogues in numbers since 2015 (including 25 Facebook live Citizens’ Dialogues) Visits to National Parliaments

More European Citizens’ Initiatives registered

62019

202014

not registered

412019

292014

registered

+41%

-70%

Over 911 visits and meetings of Members of the Commission with national Parliaments have taken place.



1815 dialogues in 642 towns

Participants per year

2015

2014 2014

17,40018,600

50,80054,700

73,000

2016 2017 2019

2019 2019

2018

214,500 total participants

1.6 million viewers via web streaming

290 million Europeans total potential

media outreach

ERASMUS

Record EU investment of €2.8 billion in Erasmus+, resulting in grants for

853,000 people to study, train, teach, work or volunteer abroad.


1987

2018

2014-20202019

x2

Erasmus Budget

million million

In the past 32 years more than 10 million young people have benefited from Erasmus. Between 2014-2020, the Erasmus+ programme is projected to exceed its target of reaching 4 million people in the EU.

The Commission proposed a stronger youth focus in the next EU budget for 2021-2027 by doubling the Erasmus budget to €30 billion.

2014-2020 2021-2027

15 30billion

billion

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INVESTING IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA


The External Investment Plan (EIP) was adopted in September 2017 to help boost investment in partner countries in Africa and the European Neighbourhood. With a contribution of €4.5 billion from the European Union, the External Investment Plan is expected to leverage up to €44 billion of investments by 2020. € 4 billion have already been committed.

€40 billion

Total expected investments by 2020

€44 billion

Commitment:EU grants used for blending and

guarantees €4.5 billion

*EU financial input and expected investments

Already commited

External Investment Plan 2017-2020

€4 billion

EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR AFRICA


With over €4.5 billion, the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa benefits 26 African countries among the most fragile and affected by instability, forced displacement and irregular migration.

To date, 210 actions have been approved across the three regions for a total amount of approximately €4 billion, divided as follows:

Horn of Africa €1,406.1 million, North of Africa €659.2 million, Sahel/Lake Chad €1,953.2 million.

NORTH OF AFRICA

SAHEL / LAKE CHAD

€ 1,953.2MILLION

€ 1,406.1MILLION

€ 659.2MILLION

COUNTRIESMorocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.

COUNTRIESBurkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

COUNTRIESDjibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

HORN OF AFRICA

Actions are implemented by EU Member States’ development agencies, international and local NGOs and international or UN agencies.

THE EU’S PUBLIC OPINION 2014-2019

Compared to 2014, public opinion in 2019 is more positive towards the European Union. Eurobarometer surveys demonstrate broad overall support for the European project and its achievements.

0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

June 2019

March 2019

Sept. 2018

April 2018

Sept.-Oct. 2017

March 2017

Sept.-Oct. 2016

Sept. 2015

Nov.-Dec. 2014

54 55 5357 57

6062

59

29 292826 28 25 25

3 3 3 3 2 22 2

14 15 16 1412 12 11 12

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Generally speaking, do you think that (our country’s) membership of the EU is ... ?Trend from 2014 to 2019

59%

13%

2%

26%

83

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22 22 23 2526

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81 79 7875 73 72 72 71 71 70 69 68

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46 44 4237 36

ELLT SEDKNL MTPTEE BGLU FI BEDEIE ROLV HRHU PL AT SKEU28 CYES SI ITFR CZUK

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4 5 4 5 8 4 3 10 5 4 7 8 8 1013

8 106

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 002 2 2 24 5 3 3

+1 +9 +8 +8 +10 +11 +5 +13 +25 +22 +14 +11 +6 -3 +4 +22 +14 +7 +7 -9 -10 =0 +14 +2 -2 -4 -3 -3 +2

Nov.-Dec. 2014

Sept. 2015

Sept. 2018

Feb.-Mar 2019

March 2017

April 2018

June 2019

Sept.-Oct. 2016

Sept.-Oct. 2017

EU Membership

Comparison with the latest pre-Brexit survey (September 2015)

A good thing

Neither a good nor a bad thing

A good thing

Neither a good nor a bad thing

A bad thing

Don’t know

A bad thing

Don’t know

Source: Parlemeter, June 2019.

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Trend from 2014 to 2019

0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

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27 2731

3734 3536

3740

32 3336

42 41 42 42

Don't knowTend not to trustTend to trust

ELLT SEDK NLMTPTEE BGLU FI BE DEIE RO LV HRHU PL AT SKEU28CY ES SI IT FRCZ UK

QA8a.14 I would like to ask you a question about how much trust you have in certain media and institutions. For each of the following media and institutions, please tell me if you tend to trust it or tend not to trust it.

The European Union

7268

60 59 58 57 56 56 55 55 54 54 54 54 52 52 51 5148 47 46 45 44 44

37 3633 32

29

1624

23

31 30 33

20

37

28

40

33

40 3835

42 4145

31

4246 48 50

46 46 55 55 56

66

56

12 8 17 10 12 10 24 7 17 5 13 6 8 11 6 7 4 18 10 7 6 5 10 10 8 9 11 2 15

For each of the following, please tell me if you tend to trust it or tend not to trust it.

The European Union (%)

Trust in the European Union

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Trust in the European Union

Trust in the national Government

44%

34%

Tend to trust Tend not to trust Don’t know

Source: Standard Eurobarometer, June 2019.

Source: Standard Eurobarometer, June 2019.

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