Barroso also stressed that many Member States need to show more ambition when it comes to fiscal consolidation, while maintaining investment in growth-enhancing areas such as research and development, innovation and education
The Commission has adopted country-specific recommendations for each of our Member States in response to the programmes they have submitted, in which they set out how they plan to increase their capacity to create growth and employment while putting their public finances back on a sound footing.
The recommendations we have adopted today are the result of the Commission's assessment of the plans presented by the 27 governments of the European Union.
The recommendations are objective because:
• they are tailored to specific circumstances and they are measurable;
• they are based on an extensive analysis of each country's situation;
• they are addressing the most pressing issues facing each of our Member States, because as you know some of those difficulties are specific. Specific challenges require specific responses.
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