The objectives of this article are to highlight above all the current lack of capital investment that the European Union has been facing and the main aspects of the new Juncker initiative through its proposed Investment Plan for Europe. In addition, this article highlights the blending of the EU 2014–2020 Structural and Investment Funds, complemented by private capital financing. ‘The SME Initiative’ illustrates how the blending of EU financial instruments is certainly the way forward for reindustrialising Europe and bringing it back to its poll position as a key economic anchor of enhanced competitiveness, ​stability, job creation and growth.