Policy Paper 12
The Lisbon strategy and the open method of co-ordination: 12 recommendations for an effective multi-level strategy
This Policy Paper aims at providing a critical evaluation of the Lisbon Strategy and provides a total of 12 recommendations to enhance its effectiveness.
| 28/02/2005
Lisbon cannot be a cheap response that is used to hide the unwillingness to grant more powers to the EU. The mid-term review provides a good opportunity to return to simpler principles. The Lisbon process should focus on those areas where the added value of action at EU level is clear, such as the policy mix and the environment. The OMC has potential, but primarily in areas with low externalities, where national governments must undertake long term reforms, which must be adapted to the domestic context. In contrast, in areas characterised by strong externalities, the instruments the EU has at its disposal must be commensurate to its declared objectives, for otherwise the gap between ambitions and achievements will undermine its legitimacy.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
Get ready: EU budgetary austerity is back
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European defence Part 1 : budgets
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[FR] Faced with the Russian threat, which budgets for which defence?
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Les intérêts du plan de relance, « bombe » cachée de la révision du budget européen
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A Geopolitical Union or a ‘Fortress’ Union?: An analysis of the EU summit’s provisional agreement on the EU budget
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Les Européens à la recherche d’un nouveau cadre budgétaire
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ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
Does the 2023 budget allow the French to cope with the energy crisis? [FR]
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Webinar | What financial architecture for the EU to face the economic, security and environmental challenges of the 21st century?
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Legitimacy Crisis and Autocratic Legalism: The case of the EU Budget
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Euroquestions | European Recovery : from planning to implementation
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Euroquestion | Quelle gestion de l’endettement public à la suite du Covid ?
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Euroquestions | The ongoing negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the European Recovery Plan: the state of play [Traduction simultanée vers le français disponible]
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Wébinaire | Le Parlement européen, acteur de la réponse à la crise du Covid-19
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Day of Progressive Economic Policy
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Webinar | The day after the Eurogroup Meeting : outcomes & opportunities
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Académie Notre Europe n°5 – Social Europe and Budget
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EU Budget 2021-27 : Challenges and opportunities
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Florence, 17 October 2019 – The MFF and EU Policie 2021-2027
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Brussels, 16th October 2019 – Three solutions to finance the Green Deal
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Paris, 12 April 2019 – Session no.6 of the Académie Notre Europe: economic and monetary Union
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Brussels, 22 February 2019 – Post-Brexit EU budget: will it meet the challenge of the 21st century?
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11 octobre 2018 – La montée des banques promotionnelles en Europe contemporaine: potentiels et pièges
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Brussels, 9 October 2018 – What can NPBIs bring to the table for territorial investment?
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Strasbourg, 3 October 2018 – Presentation of the report “Making better use of public funding: The role of NPBIs in the next EU budget”
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Paris, 18 September 2018 – Towards a Juncker Plan closer to the territories?
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Paris, 12 June 2018 – Hearing by the Special Rapporteur on Budget for European affairs of the French National Assembly
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Paris, 6 June 2018 – What territorial cohesion to build in Europe?
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Brussels, 6 June 2018 – Cohesion Policy and the new MFF
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Paris, 28 May 2018 – Budget meetings: the new EU financial framework
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Budapest, 24 May 2018 – The Money Trail to Europe’s Future: the Multi-Annual Financial Framework and the EU’s priorities post-2020
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Nicosia, 16 March 2018 – The political landscape of EMU reform
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Sofia, 9 March 2018 – The future of the EU budget
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Brussels, 22 November 2017 – The future of the European budget
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Brussels, 25 September 2017 – Conference on the Future of EU Finances
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Paris, 21 July 2017 – The future of the Eurozone and the Multiannual Financial Framework
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