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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.
2001 European Economic Reform: Meeting the Challenge
2002 Realising Europe’s Potential: Economic Reform in Europe
2003 Meeting the Challenge: Economic Reform in Europe
2004 Advancing Long Term Prosperity: Economic Reform in an Enlarged Europe
In June 2004, the UK government submitted the following submission 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 (June 2004)It is intended to accompany the analysis published in the 2004 paper 'Advancing Long-Term Prosperity: Economic Reform in an Enlarged Europe'.
Achieving the Lisbon goal requires economic reform based upon robust evidence and complemented by rigorous monitoring of outcomes. A comprehensive set of structural indicators has therefore been developed to help to identify best practice, to monitor progress against targets and to highlight strengths and weaknesses.
13/06/03 Statement by the Chancellor: Proposals for Economic Reform in Europe