Flash Eurobarometer 459: Investment in the EU Member States

The European Commission has conducted a Flash Eurobarometer survey among EU companies to gain insights into whether and why European companies still withhold their investments. The most relevant barriers to investment appear to be labour costs, poor or uncertain economic outlook, complexity of tax legislation, administrative burdens, stability of tax legislation and skills shortage. However, firms' perceptions on investment barriers differ significantly among Member States. Firms in the UK, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Sweden perceive to face relatively low barriers to investments, whereas the perception of high impediments to investment is prevalent in particular in Greece, Portugal, Romania, Italy, France and Spain. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)