As a new start for the Lisbon strategy, in spring 2005 the European Commission presented the “Community Lisbon Programme” focusing on two principal tasks – delivering stronger, lasting growth and more and better jobs.
The idea is to modernise our economy in order to secure the European  2/3  social model in the face of increasingly global markets, technological change, environmental pressures, and an ageing population – a difficult challenge ! But we need to invest more in the young people, education, research and innovation.