The EU-15’s new economy: A statistical portrait

With its so-called Lisbon Strategy the European Union aims to become significantly more innovative in the coming years. This publication offers a statistical portrait of the EU-15 which makes it possible to benchmark the countries involved in terms of how they are managing to achieve the goals set in Lisbon. It is both comprehensive - covering a broad spectrum of phenomena relevant to the new economy - but at the same time compact, restricting itself to a set of fifty key indicators. Because of this, the publication provides the reader with a well-considered and practical overview of how Europe is performing with regard to the Lisbon agenda.