Press Release: Commission adopts Lisbon Strategy recommendations to build a lasting recovery

The Commission adopted 'country chapters' and recommendations under the Lisbon Growth and Jobs Strategy to help ensure the European Economic Recovery Plan would be implemented in a way that builds for the future as well as responding to the economic crisis. The country chapters analysed progress in each Member State in implementing the Growth and Jobs Strategy, taking account of the crisis. They included proposals for formal recommendations for endorsement by the Spring European Council. The Commission also adopted reports on the overall implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the macro and micro-economic and employment fields.