Investment in European companies is key to boosting the region’s competitiveness and autonomy. This was the view expressed by Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), at the lunch debate organised by the Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg on Wednesday 18 March.

The event, which took place in Luxembourg, brought together companies from various sectors for a networking session that preceded the luncheon debate, opened by the Chamber’s president, Pablo López Álvarez. He offered a few words of thanks to both the attendees and the speaker, whom he welcomed by outlining her career.

David Luengo, director of the Brussels office of the Indra Group, the event’s sponsor, then emphasised the importance of investing in sectors that enable Europe to improve its competitiveness at full speed, particularly, he noted, at a time of constant change.

Calviño then took the floor to emphasise that European companies are just as innovative as those in other regions of the world, making it essential to work towards becoming attractive to investment. At the same time, she mentioned the importance of establishing a regulatory framework for these companies without losing the thrust policy.

Following the presentation, there was a brief question-and-answer session in which topics such as investment strategy and the EIB’s role in the European growth strategy were raised.