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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8769

24 August 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 19
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/lisbon strategy
Barroso wants to question Member States on 2010 deadline

Brussels, 23/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with several daily newspapers, the future president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso informed the Financial Times on 20 August that he doubted that the European Union would be able to achieve its Lisbon objective of becoming the most dynamic economy in the world by 2010. He admitted that the objective was very ambitious "and many consider it too ambitious". He also announced that he would be would be asking Member States...