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EU STRATEGY 2020
A European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

LISBON STRATEGY

Before the talking about EU Strategy 2020, i need to mention about previous strategy that  came into force in 2000 during the Lisbon European Council.

This strategy was called as a “Lisbon Strategy” and aimed to make EU “the world’s leading and most dynamic knowledge based economy” . But it failed, there were many reasons of  this failure. Economic recession in 2008 was the main reason, but also after years, EU members accepted that the goals were unrealistic, too.

In 2005, the strategy’s failure were already very visible:

-An overly complex structure with multiple goals and actions,

A too weak leadership by the EC,

A lack of political engagement from MSs

The 2007 financial and eco.crisis was the final blow to the strategy.(1) (The EU 2020 strategy: analysis and perspectives ) Daha fazlasını oku…