EU Leaders Sign €315 Billion Investment Plan

European leaders have signed a three-year, €315 billion ($343 billion) investment program aimed at kick-starting the bloc’s economic growth. The investment plan aims at mobilizing more private and public investment and at facilitating job growth and competitiveness by setting up a European Fund for Strategic Investments in the European Investment Bank to mobilize the €315 billion in new investments between 2015 and 2017.