Member states face being 'named and shamed' over EU economic goals

Governments should be "named and shamed" if they slow progress towards making the EU the "most competitive economy in the World by 2010".

That is the recommendation of a long-awaited report on how to invigorate the EU’s economic goals – the so-called Lisbon process.

The report – drawn up by former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok – was presented on Wednesday (3 November) to Commission President Romano Prodi and will be handed to EU leaders later this week during a meeting in Brussel...