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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8911

18 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/lisbon strategy
Implementing Lisbon strategy will potentially increase growth by 0.5% and 0.75%

Brussels, 17/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Assembling data from a whole range of studies carried out over the last ten years, the Commission estimates that the Lisbon strategy will bring between 0.5% and 0.75 points to EU growth. Over ten years, the surplus in growth could reach 7%-8%. On the other hand, the Commission concludes that in the absence of reforms, the rate of growth potential (currently between 2%-2.25%) is expected to deteriorate due to the ageing populations and fall to around...

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