Sweden's national reform programme 2013

In April each year member states submit to the Commission a national reform programme, which reports on implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy in national policies, undertakings implemented and progress achieved over the past year, as well as a description of planned measures. The reporting shall reflect the overarching priorities for the European semester.

Sweden's national reform programme for 2013 is an update of the 2012 national reform programme based on the initiatives and reform ambitions proposed by the Government in the 2013 Budget Bill and the 2013 Spring Fiscal Policy Bill. It also reflects five overall priorities for the European semester that were established at the meeting of the European Council on 14-15 March 2013:
- To pursue differentiated, growth-friendly fiscal consolidation.
- To restore normal lending to the economy,
- To promote growth and competitiveness.
- To tackle unemployment and the social consequences of the crisis.
- To modernise public administration.