Translation of "Lisbon Strategy " (English → French) :

– (ES) (Beginning of speech not available for technical reasons) . If we are talking about the 2020 strategy, we are not only talking about the post-Lisbon strategy, but also about the strategy of recognising the failure to fulfil Lisbon, or to put it more harshly and crudely, the strategy of recognising the failure of Lisbon.

...oser; believes that the Lisbon Strategy must be seen as an important guideline for future-shaping policies, aimed at a strong, competitive and growth-fostering EU; considers, therefore, that it deserves to be taken more seriously by Member States and should not be seen merely as a set of distant goals, but as an action plan for the further development of Europe; proposes that further reflection on a 'Lisbon Plus-Agenda' (which must start in 2010) should be based on the general architecture of the present Lisbon Strategy (competitiveness and greening of European industries, more and better jobs, social inclusion, sustainability), bu ...[+++]t stresses the need to present a more homogenous and mutually supportive approach capable of decisively enlarging the European Lisbon governance capacity; asks the Commission for a thorough evaluation of the past nine years of the Lisbon Strategy and of the achievement of and commitment to the goals of the Lisbon strategy by the Member States to be presented before the end of 2009; asks the Commission to analyse the usefulness of a post-Lisbon strategy with new aims and goals, and especially to assess the readiness of Member States to implement such a new programme, and its viability; stresses the need to refocus the IPGs against the background of the economic downturn and urges the Council to agree on short-term measures to safeguard the 2008 employment rate, to invest in the fight against climate change and to ensure sufficient incomes, especially with regard to the most vulnerable groups of society; expects the Commission to launch initiatives and present proposals with respect to these goals in good time for the forthcoming Spring Lisbon Council; ...

13. Recalls that cohesion policy is a fundamental principle of the treaties and a tool for achieving the Lisbon Strategy objectives for growth and jobs, up to 75 % of cohesion policy funds being earmarked for innovation and Lisbon Strategy objectives; considers that the leverage of cohesion policy in general, and the structural and cohesion funds in particular, must be used for the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy at regional level and that the results of this process need to be monitored closely at the regional and local levels; considers that the current favourable economic development should spur further reforms; stresses the ...[+++]need to examine the effect of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy at regional level, 2008 being the first year when the preliminary results of the cohesion policy's earmarking exercise can be evaluated;

It should be noted, therefore, that, over the last six years, the European Parliament has been closely involved in work on the proposal the Commission is now presenting through its resolution of 15 March on the Special European Council to be held in Lisbon on 23/24 March 2000, its resolution of 16 March 2000 on eEurope - An Information Society For All: a Commission Initiative for the Special European Council of Lisbon, 23 and 24 March 2000, its resolution of 28 February 2002 on the strategy for full employment and social inclusion in the run-up to the spring 2002 summit in Barcelona: Lisbon process and the way to follow, its resolution of 26 February 2004 on the preparation of the spring summit 2004: follow-up to Lisbon, and its resolution ...[+++]of 9 March 2005 on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy.

E. whereas the link between the Beijing Platform for Action and the Lisbon Strategy being obvious the need to utilise the productive potential of the European labour force is a key to achieving the overall Beijing and Lisbon strategy goals,

The Commission is also proposing that Member States should appoint a “Mr” or “Ms Lisbon” at government level to oversee the implementation of the reforms agreed under the Lisbon strategy.