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"Mr President, I want to offer a few general reflections on the whole Lisbon Agenda. In my view, it is based on a misunderstanding of the way in which economies – and, for that matter, human civilisations – develop in the course of history.
There was a period in history – beginning at the end of the eighteenth century and continuing through the nineteenth - when Europe became the world’s most dynamic knowledge-based region. It began with changes in the United Kingdom, including legislation on economic issues and the abolition of the guild system. Huge and rapid progress was made, which spread incredibly quickly to large parts of the world. Other countries too began to use steam engines and the spinning jenny. That is how development proceeds.
The idea that there might today exist unusually wise people who know in detail what measures European countries should take in order to help Europe develop into a dynamic knowledge-based region is quite wrong. It is the countries themselves that try to find their way towards solutions, keeping an eagle eye on each other and copying constructive solutions. That is how development proceeds. To go on as we are doing now will set us thinking in the wrong way. We should occupy ourselves with proper issues in the European Union."@en1
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