Lukewarm reception for EU's 2020 plan

Reactions to the European Commission's communication on a new economic strategy for Europe have so far proved to be lukewarm, at best.

While a list of targets advocating higher employment, greener growth and greater research spending have met with general approval, few feel confident they can actually be achieved by means of an EU plan.

"For me this is like a broken record. I've heard it for 10 years. It's all words and no substance," Daniel Gros, director of the Centre for Euro...