...That the European Council meeting at Lisbon in March 2000 set the European Union the strategic goal of becoming, 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion' is well known and fast becoming something of a mantra of European Studies post-Lisbon. That the Council...

...significant is the Council's conclusion of the need to set a goal for full employment in Europe,42 "to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy...growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion".43 If there was any doubt, the Lisbon Conclusions make it clear that job creation must be...

...suffices here to recall the ambitious objective set by the Lisbon European Council - for Europe 'to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'. In spite of that, the integration of the national markets into an internal market remains the dark...

...pattern. It says, that 'the Union has today set itself a new strategic goal for the next decade: to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledgebased economy...growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'.6 The orientation towards economic growth, competitiveness and output is dominant in this...

...As a major strategic goal the Union set "to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion". They adopted a target scheme "Education and training for living and work in the knowledge society"...

...European Central Bank. In March 2000, the European Council of Lisbon adopted a goal to make the EU 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based...capable of sustainable economic growth with more and bener jobs and greater social cohesion.' In particular, it pledged that the overall EU employment rate...

...competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy" over the next decade, the Council declared, it must combine "sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion." Yet the Employment Strategy was "soft law" — that is, it integrated European, national and local...

...assigned to the European Union for the next decade. In the broadest terms, this goal is 'to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'. The modernization of the European social model was part and parcel of this new strategic goal: 'Investing...

...Lisbon, the Heads of State or Government set a new strategic goal for the European Union: "to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion". Numerous studies have concluded that financial participation schemes are in all cases associated with...

...have been muddied. At Lisbon the European Council set the 'strategic goal' for the Union: to become 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based...more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'." This strategy was to be achieved by 'improving the existing processes, introducing a new open method...