In the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy only moderate progress towards the European Union’s becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledgebased economy in the world by 2010 could be observed. The EU Commission had emphasised the impact of fi scal policy on the structural reforms necessary to achieve the Lisbon objectives. This paper examines the empirical relationship between fiscal policy and progress towards the Lisbon goals and offers a critical assessment of the indicators available.
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