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...
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