If there is a shortfall of private investment, the problem is not really a lack of good projects; it is the lack of policy clarity and complementary long-term public investment. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s plan to finance long-term investments in Europe by leveraging relatively small amounts of public funds to unlock large flows of private capital is therefore an important step in the right direction.
如果私人投资存在短缺，问题不在于真的缺少好项目；而在于缺少政策明确性和互补性长期公共投资。因此，欧盟委员会主席让-克劳德·容克计划以相对较小数量的公共资金解放大规模私人资本流，以此为欧洲长期投资提供资金，这是迈向正确方向的重要一步。