The Lisbon Strategy and the "Scandinavian Model". The Kok report, distributing criticism and attributing blame for the delays and shortfalls in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy by the Member States (see this column over the previous few days), made a partial exception for the Scandinavian countries of the Union. Finland, Sweden and Denmark, without having nailed all of the programme's objectives, are a lot further along than the other Member States. In particular, they have exceeded...