Bringing together more than 100 participants from the private sector, government and academia, the annual EIB Economics Conference discussed the problems faced by investment in Europe and the solutions to enhance our productivity and ability to compete in the global economy.

The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 270m to finance the upgrade of a 40-kilometre section of the S7 express road between Koszwały and Kazimierzowo in northern Poland. The project covers four interchanges and more than seventy engineering structures including two bridges over the Vistula River.