European economic reform: index

At the Lisbon European Council in March 2000, Europe's leaders committed themselves to an ambitious ten-year strategy for economic reform. The vision agreed at Lisbon was to make the European Union "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion".

The reports evaluate the progress made on economic reform within the EU since the March 2000 Lisbon European Council, and identify the priorities for future action.

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The UK government submitted the following submissions to the high-level group tasked with carrying out an initial analysis to inform the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy:
PDF file of the Mid-Term Review of the Lisbon Strategy: UK submission to the high-level group (September 2004)

It is intended to accompany the analysis published in the 2004 paper 'Advancing Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Reform in an Enlarged Europe'.

European economic reform: index

Related documents and ministerial statements