BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A European Union flagship investment scheme is well on track to attract 315 billion euros (282.77 billion pounds) by the middle of next year and seeks also to benefit poorer members of the 28-nation bloc, European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said.
The investment plan, launched in the middle of 2015, aims to attract private funds to finance investments, the riskier parts of which are covered by the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) using 21 billion euros of public money.
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