EC vice-president urges ECB to play its part in historic investment push

Jyrki Katainen highlights need for policy co-ordination as new EU investment fund is announced

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European Commission (EC) vice-president Jyrki Katainen today called on the European Central Bank (ECB) to "play its part" in successfully realising a historic investment plan that he said will "change the way public money is used".

The former Finnish prime minister, who is responsible for "jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness" at the commission, made the comment this morning (November 26) while announcing the new plan alongside EC president Jean-Claude Juncker before the European

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