Press Release: Internal Market: Commission calls for urgent action on priority policies to help EU meet Lisbon agenda

The European Commission has identified a series of priority actions necessary to advance the goal set out at the Lisbon European Council, March 2000, of making the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The 2000 Internal Market Strategy Review, is designed to use the political momentum generated at Lisbon by setting deadlines for the implementation of certain key Internal Market policies. It builds on the Strategy published in November 1999 and designed to develop the Internal Market over the next five years, but takes that programme a step further by targeting specific policies necessary to exploit in particular, the benefits of new technology and innovation. The Commission notes that despite clear political engagement, overall progress on implementing the Internal Market Strategy is slow. It warns that 'greater discipline and a more concentrated effort from all the institutions will be required in future, if the ambitious agenda set out in Lisbon is to be delivered."

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/en/update/strategy/stratreview.htm [pdf] http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/en/update/strategy/stratreview.htm

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