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Swedish PM Says EU`s Lisbon Agenda A Failure (Javno, 6/02/09)

The European Union has failed in its effort to become the world's most innovative region under the so-called Lisbon Agenda, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Tuesday.

The Lisbon Agenda was launched almost 10 years ago as a plan to cut red tape, promote growth and jobs, and overhaul welfare and healthcare to deal with an ageing population.

"Even if progress has been made it must be said that the Lisbon Agenda, with only a year remaining before it is to be evaluated, has been a failure," he said in a joint article with his finance minister, Anders Borg. The leader of the Nordic country, which is due to take over the revolving EU presidency on July 1, said the strategy to make Europe the most dynamic and competitive region by 2010 should be rebooted.

De-unionize. Sweden is so successful because of its small size, homogeneity, Lutheranism and relative geographic isolation. The EU shares none of those features.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 2, 2009 7:37 PM