Brussels, 23/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is slow in its pursuit of the Lisbon employment goals but hopes to catch up the delay by stepping up reforms on the labour market. Such is the general conclusion reached by the latest Annual Report on Employment in Europe by Odile Quintin, Director General of DG Employment and Social Affairs at the European Parliament, presented to the press on Thursday. We recall that the Lisbon goals are to reach a 70% employment rate by 2010 in the...