EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland) articles from March 2006

EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland) archives from March 2006

Foreword.
March 1, 2006... This edition of the EFTA Bulletin looks at the Lisbon Strategy, or as it is increasingly referred to these day, the Strategy for Growth and Jobs. Growth and jobs are vitally important goals for the EFTA States in the European Economic Area...

Growth and employment: goals for the EEA EFTA states.(European Economic Area European Free Trade Association)
March 1, 2006... If we were to say that Europe is in a state of near economic stagnation, we would probably not receive many objections. If instead we were to say that over the last twenty years, Europe has seen impressive economic growth, wide-reaching...

A strategy for Europeans.(Report)
March 1, 2006... In March 2000, the European Council met in Lisbon to agree on a new strategic goal for the European Union: "to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and...

Lisbon: getting down to business and involving people.
March 1, 2006... When the EU set out, through the Lisbon Strategy, to become the most competitive economy in the world and to equal that of the United States within 10 years, it was clear early on that this was an unrealistic goal that was bound to fail. Not...

The difficult balance of the Lisbon strategy.
March 1, 2006... A European country that does not participate in the effort to be part of the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world might be ignored by investors. We must not forget that the reason for the launching of the Lisbon Strategy was...

A European model for sustainable growth.
March 1, 2006... Striking the right balance: shaping a strong and social Europe When the EU leaders met in Lisbon, Portugal, in March 2000, the European Council adopted a ten-year programme aimed at revitalising growth and sustainable development across the...

The Lisbon Strategy in brief.
March 1, 2006... What is the Lisbon Strategy? The Lisbon Strategy is about getting from A to B, or rather from B to A. At the end of the 20th century, the EU's political leaders were very much in agreement that Europe, in terms of economic performance and...

How the EEA EFTA States participate in the Lisbon Strategy.(European Free Trade Association European Economic Area)(Report)
March 1, 2006... As mentioned in the introduction, the EEA EFFA States are linked to the Lisbon Strategy through the EEA Agreement. Whilst they have not participated in the EU's annual spring summits dedicated to steering the Strategy, they have provided input...

Measuring up--structural indicators.(Report)
March 1, 2006... Background The Lisbon Council invited the Commission of the European Union to draw up an annual spring report on the progress of the Lisbon Strategy based on a set of commonly agreed indicators covering the main policy areas. These areas...

Letters from the EEA EFTA States to the EU.(ANNEX)(European Free Trade Association, European Economic Area, European Union)
March 1, 2006... EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE LIBRE-ECHANGE 24 February 2004 Mr. Bertie Ahern, TD Taoiseach President of the European Council Dublin Dear Taoiseach, The EFTA States in the European...