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"Mr President, five years after its adoption, the European Council is to be asked to debate once again the relaunching of the Lisbon strategy, on the occasion of the mid-term review thereof.
As the Commission has proposed, we must give this strategy a new start, by concentrating our action on achieving stronger and more sustainable growth and on creating more better-quality jobs. The European Council will therefore be able to confirm the relevance of the strategy by clarifying its purpose as well as what is at stake. The objectives of growth and employment must be pursued via a process of synergy which must be developed between the three dimensions of the strategy, namely the economic, social and environmental dimensions. In this context the European Council will also set the priorities which should guide the Union’s action in the social sphere. A re-examination of the social agenda must, in fact, supplement and support the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy, particularly as regards the promotion of the social dimension of economic growth.
As far as the environment is concerned, the European Council should emphasise the contribution to growth and employment made by environmental policy, and should confirm the need to integrate environmental considerations into the Lisbon process. Moreover, the European Council will also be examining the Commission’s communication on the sustainable development strategy, but I shall come back to that later because this is an issue which forms an entirely separate item on the Council’s agenda.
The European Council will also be examining the question of how to improve the governance of the strategy, both Union-wide and at the level of the Member States. The question of governance really lies at the heart of the mid-term review. It will be a crucial factor in the success of the strategy. As far as the Presidency is concerned, this complex issue can be boiled down to a few essential points.
Firstly, there is the adoption of a set of integrated guidelines making it possible to synchronise and rationalise the various processes which exist at present. The fact that there are so many processes and reports is actually responsible, to a large extent, for the lack of transparency of the strategy as perceived by the public, and prevents it from being effectively implemented.
In the light of the broad guidelines provided by the European Council, the Commission should now submit proposals for guidelines comprising the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines and the Employment Guidelines, and should combine them in a single coherent text. Those integrated guidelines would then be endorsed by the European Council and, where required by the Treaty, would be formally adopted by the Council. It goes without saying that, within this process, the views of Parliament will be fully taken into consideration.
Secondly, there is the introduction of the three-year national action programmes. This gives Member States greater flexibility in choosing the priorities and methods of action which they use in order to implement the strategy, within the framework laid down by the integrated guidelines to which I have just referred. It is proposed that, on the basis of these integrated guidelines, Member States should work out in detail their national action programmes, following the broadest possible consultation between all those involved. In order to facilitate consultation and coordination, and the implementation of what is decided upon, each Member State would be able to appoint one public figure who would be responsible for the implementation of the Lisbon strategy.
Thirdly, there is a monitoring procedure based on a regular assessment of implementation at intermediate meetings. The idea is that, each autumn with effect from 2006, Member States should submit a single report on the implementation of their national action programme. On that basis the Commission will submit, in January of each year, an assessment report, where necessary accompanied by certain proposals for adjustments, but without that being able to lead to the total reshaping of the integrated guidelines, which will be valid for a period of three years. The European Council will then give its opinion on those adjustments.
The Council, in its various formations, is continuing its work on all the issues linked to the review of the Lisbon strategy, and the General Affairs Council will return to this matter on 16 March, just before the European Council meeting. These, then, are the major proposals which are currently being discussed and prepared with a view to the European Council meeting on 22 March."@en1
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