Press Release: Member States need to embrace reform more decisively to create more growth and jobs, Commission reports show

The European Commission on 27 January 2005 published four key reports looking at the implementation of multi-annual targets for the economy as a whole and the internal market, employment and environment in particular. The 'Implementation Package' was to feed into the forthcoming mid-term review of the EU's Lisbon strategy and the Commission's report to the Spring European Council in March 2005.

The package of Commission reports included the Second Implementation Report on the 2003-2005 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, the Joint Employment Report (JER) for 2004-2005, the Second Implementation Report on the Internal Market Strategy 2003-2006 and the Second Annual Environment Policy Review.