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Lisbon 'Fado': the European Union under reform.
Get PDFTo address the uncertainties surrounding the
Treaty of Lisbon, this book examines several issues
from various angles. Regardless of the results
of the second referendum in Ireland and the
pending ratifications in Poland, the Czech
Republic and Germany, the European Union (EU)
will not be the same after the Lisbon Treaty.
If it comes into effect, Europeans will enter into
a new stage in the deepening of the integration
process; if it is rejected, the first decade
of the 21st Century will represent a period of
institutional stagnation in Europe’s integration.
Nonetheless, the chapters in this book share the
consensus that, despite its limitations,
the Lisbon Treaty will make the EU decision
making process more efficient, enhance regional
democracy and strengthenits international voice
The Lisbon Strategy
Get PDFThe Lisbon Strategy Targets are presented and assessed as accordingly to the domains of the structural indicators, the common indicators created to measure the progress towards reaching these objectives: Economic performance; Employment; Research, Innovation and education; Economic reform; Social cohesion; Environment.structural indicators, economic performance.
EU energy policy under the Treaty of Lisbon rules-between a new policy and business as usual. EPIN Working Paper No. 31/February 2011
Get PDFThis paper provides a preliminary assessment of the EU’s energy policy under the Treaty of Lisbon rules. It reviews the major and minor effects of the rules on energy
(both formally and informally) and how these are perceived by the EU institutions post-Lisbon. This includes consideration of the new elements of the reformed
institutional architecture in this policy area. In the context of the Treaty of Lisbon,
the main questions this paper seeks to answer are to what extent energy policy constitutes a new policy area and whether the EU is a more coherent actor in this
and other instances where competence is shared with the member stat
Benchmarking the Lisbon Strategy
Get PDFThis paper reviews the governance framework of the Lisbon Strategy and discusses the specific option of increasing the role of benchmarking as a means of improving the implementation record of structural reforms in the European Union. Against this background, the paper puts forward a possible avenue for developing a strong form of quantitative benchmarking, namely ranking. The ranking methodology relies on the construction of a synthetic indicator using the “benefit of the doubt” approach, which acknowledges differences in emphasis among Member States with regard to structural reform priorities. The methodology is applied by using the structural indicators that have been commonly agreed by the governments of the Member States, but could also be used for ranking exercises on the basis of other indicators. JEL Classification: D02, P11, P16, C43, C61.Lisbon Strategy, economic governance, benchmarking, benefit of the doubt weighting.
THE LISBON TREATY: A SINUOUS RATIFICATION
Get PDFThis article deals with the intricate ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty, while focusing on the thorny issues of Euroscepticism and democratic deficit within the European Union in the current institutional context. The study is based on a wide research endeavour, whose purpose has been to encompass multiple points of view on the future of the European Union, seen from the perspective of the Treaty of Lisbon and its reception in all member states. These viewpoints include the ones found in the speciality literature, as well as in the press that published representative articles during the debates on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Useful attempts are made in order to classify the member states of the EU according to various relevant criteria in their attitude germane to the ratification of the Treaty, so as to outline new waves of Euroscepticism, opt-outs and criticism. Apart from an institutional and a legal perspective, this study presents a large number of political, national and even cultural aspects encountered in attitudes and courses of action pertaining to the future of European Construction, seen through the eyes of the reform process carried out by the latest EU major legal document.Lisbon Treaty, reform, Euroscepticism, democratic deficit, ratification
Pavilion and Auditorium / Cafe, 75th Lisbon Book Fair
Get PDFAs a result of exhibiting in the 2004 Venice Biennale, Colletti and Cruz as marcosandmarjan architects were jointly asked to design two temporary buildings for the 75th Lisbon Book Fair, one of these structures acting as a temporary information pavilion and the other as a pavilion housing a 150-seat auditorium and self-service cafeteria. Working together, Colletti and Cruz were each responsible for 50% of the resulting design. Their research aims were to use the program and site conditions to create what is a comparatively low-tech yet sophisticated public building – in particular using the latest digital modelling and manufacturing technologies to meet a tight budget and construction schedule. With only a relatively low budget of 400,000 Euros, the aim was to achieve a more sustainable approach that would nevertheless enhance the topographic and panoramic experience of the site. Thus the project can be understood in the line of contemporary investigations in which highly innovative digital technologies in the design process are being applied to cheap construction techniques. The project was subsequently exhibited in Habitar Portugal in Lisbon (2006); the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London (2006), etc. A series of major articles and highly positive reviews were also written in various international magazines: Costruire (cover), Jornal Público, JA Jornal Arquitectos, and Arq./a (2005). Featured in Portuguese newspapers: Independente; Jornal de Notícias; Diário de Notícias (25 May 2005); Expresso (21 May 2005); Agenda LX. There was a radio broadcast by the national Portuguese radio station, Antena I. The annual Lisbon Book Fair is considered one of the most prestigious events in the country, and so the building experienced a high number of visitors, totalling 2,000,000 people in 3 weeks; the pavilions by Colletti and Cruz gained extra media attention since it happened to be the 75th anniversary of the book fair
Analysis of reaching the Lisbon Strategy targets at the national level: the EU-27 and Slovenia
Get PDFAdopted by the European Council in 2000, the Lisbon Strategy is a long-term strategy whose main target is to make Europe the most competitive, dynamic and knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. During the 2005 mid-term review, the Lisbon Strategy refocused its two main targets on economic growth and employment, and formally integrated the Cohesion policy into its implementation. In spite of the review, the efforts to meet the strategic targets have proven insufficient at both the EU and Slovenian levels. While certain progress has been observed, the strategy should be further adjusted, coordinated and supplemented at the national and pan-European levels so that the Lisbon targets can be attained. The article investigates the current stage of the achievement of the targets, using the time-distance method to calculate the time lead or lag in implementing the Lisbon Strategy targets at the levels of the European Union and Slovenia.EU, Slovenia, Lisbon Strategy, Lisbon targets, Cohesion policy, time distance
Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices: A Comparison of EU, USA, Japan and Korea
Get PDFThis study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of development for ranking countries. The first index is nonparametric labelled as Lisbon strategy index (LSI). It is composed of six components: general economics, employment, innovation research, economic reform, social cohesion and environment, each generated from a number of Lisbon indicators. LSI by reducing the complexity of the set of indicators, it makes the ranking procedures quite simple. The second and parametric index is based on principal component analysis. Despite the difference in the ranking by the two indices, it is shown that the United States outperformed most EU-member states. Our investigations also show evidence of significant dynamic changes taking place, as the countries of the Union struggle to achieve the Lisbon goals. The necessity of a real reform agenda in several old and new members and candidate countries emerges from our analysis. We briefly refer to two important European phenomena emerging from our data analysis and discuss the possible lessons learned from the Korean development strategyEconomic development, composite index, Lisbon Agenda
The Lisbon Strategy: a Tool for Economic and Social Reforms in the Enlarged European Union
Get PDFThis paper evaluates achievements and shortcomings of the Lisbon Strategy launched by the European Union in the spring of 2000 aiming to increase the competitiveness of the European economy within ten years. A careful examination of the Strategy’s pros and cons shows that its general rationale was sound and helpful despite an incorrect and naive political call to economically outperform the rest of the world in such period. The main priorities of the Strategy: promoting growth through creating more and better jobs and developing the knowledge base of the economy, remain valid for today and for the future. However, it has to be underlined that implementing desired changes requires time. At the moment, it is crucial to accomplish structural reforms, which have significant impact on job creation, business performance and growth. Among them, it is essential to complete the Single Market, still limited by many administrative barriers. The paper shows main areas of necessary improvements to be undertaken by the Community and the member states. To strengthen real ownership of the Lisbon process, politicians must change their thinking from short-term and national to long-term and beneficial for the entire Community. Only such committed leadership can persuade the citizens to support the reforms, aiming to build a common European public good. Exploring these ideas would be a desirable return to the basic concept of the European Community, shaped by its founding fathers short after the World War II.European Union, Lisbon Strategy, achievements, shortcomings, open method of coordination, structural reforms, single market, services sector, ownership of reforms, public support
Annual report, Town of Lisbon, New Hampshire.
No full textTitle varies: 1898-1907 Annual report of the town officers.Description based on 1994.Mode of access: Internet
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