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EurActiv LogoThe European Commission is being advised once more to focus on measures to provide support and financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are considered as the most important source of employment growth in the EU.

The SME sector should be recognised as "the only source of potential job creation in the EU". So says Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group, which also owns the Milan-based Borsa Italiana.

Rolet was in Brussels on Tuesday (15 March) to take part in a high-level meeting on financing for SMEs, hosted by Antonio Tajani, the European Commission vice-president in charge of industry and entrepreneurship.

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