Reformideen für die Lissabon-Strategie

It was set out [elaborated] by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000. Between April and November 2004, Wim Kok prepared a review of the strategy and presented a report suggesting how to give new impulsions to the process due to the fact that the Lisbon Agenda hasn't brought the expected results on time. The main conclusion of his report was that the Lisbon Strategy should not be seen just in social and environmental terms but come back to the economic dimensions in order to reach its objections. Even though there are still some weak points in this proposal, it has been judged quiet positive. Hence, the aim of this paper is to assess whether the reforms of the Lisbon Strategy will be an effective tool for reviving economic growth within the European Union or not.