Ann Mettler speaking at CEPS event 18/3/2010 on 10th Lisbon scorecard

For 10 years now, the London-based Centre for European Reform (CER) has carried out an annual assessment of member states progress in reaching the Lisbon agenda targets of 2000. CEPS hosted the Brussels launch of the latest scorecard results by CER Director Charles Grant and Chief Economist Simon Tilford at a membership meeting on March 18th, with the participation of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Ann Mettler, Executive Director of the Lisbon Council. Endorsing the report, Barroso stressed the need for Europe to learn from the economic and financial crisis and take concrete action. Observing that the road to 2020 is built on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, he affirmed that smart growth is achieved by investing in human capital, sustainable growth by investing in renewables and inclusion by sharing the growth.

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