Sweden's national reform programme 2014

In April each year member states submit a national reform programme to the Commission, 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 also reflect the overarching priorities for the European semester. Sweden’s national reform programme for 2014 is an update of the 2013 national reform programme based on the initiatives and reform ambitions proposed by the Government in the 2014 Budget Bill and the 2014 Spring Fiscal Policy Bill. It also reflects five overall priorities for the European semester that were approved at the meeting of the European Council in December 2013:
– pursuing differentiated, growth friendly fiscal consolidation,
– restoring lending to the economy,
– promoting growth and competitiveness,
– tackling unemployment and the social consequences of the crisis and
– modernising public administration

An appendix to this year’s programme also includes contributions received from social partners, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), regional and local actors and organisations in civil society. The Government has not taken a position on these contributions.