The commentaries that I dedicated to the Lisbon strategy last week, call for, in my mine, a brief synthesis, so that no one aspect is divorced from the overall view. Some temporary conclusions on the state of the Lisbon goals are now going to follow, while awaiting the decisive preparatory phase to the mid-term review, which will define the revision and re-launch of the strategy.
1. No overall stagnation. The negative judgement of the Kok report on the implementation of the Lisbon strategy...