Sapir Report: An agenda for a growing Europe: Making the EU economic system deliver. Report of an Independent High-Level Study Group established on the initiative of the President of the European Commission, July 2003

Romano Prodi, the President of the European Commission, 1999-2004, set up an Independent High-Level Study Group to analyse the implications of two strategic goals 1) Making a success of the Lisbon Agenda; 2) Making a success of enlargement. The Group was intended to review the entire system of EU economic policies and propose a coherent strategy for faster growth with stability and cohesion in the enlarged EU. The Group reported in July 2003. The report proved controversial especially in regards to its proposals in the area of regional policy. Note that the full text of the report is no longer available on EUROPA but is available via various external websites including the source url cited in the this In Focus under EU: Report.

EU: Report

Communidad de Madrid: GEMA: Delegación de la FMM en Bruselas: Documentos de Interés: Informe Spair (Sapir Report, July 2003)

EU: Background

	European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/03/469
	European Commission: Group of Policy Advisers: An Agenda for a Growing Europe - Making the EU Economic System Deliver

Stakeholder organisation

	EURO50 Group: Roundtable, May 2004: The Governance of The Euro Zone: The Sapir Report: Proposals for Fiscal Discipline in the Euro Zone
	EUI Review, Winter 2003: The Sapir Report: An agenda for a growing Europe
	College of Europe: Bruges European Economy Policy Briefings, No.6, January 2004: Can Europe deliver growth? The Sapir Report and beyond
	EURADA: Position Paper: Sapir Report: The Case for Preserving a Strong Regional Policy, 2004
	CEPS: Policy Brief, No.45, January 2004: Can Europe deliver growth? The Sapir Report and beyond

Commercial publisher and media

	Financial Times, 17.7.03: Commissioners in scathing attack on Prodi group report
	Financial Times, 18.7.03: Boosting growth: Fresh thinking is welcome to solve Europe's dilemma
	Financial Times, 29.7.03: Europe must spend its money more wisely
	Financial Times, 30.9.03: Brussels move to curb regional aid for poor regions
	European Voice, Vol.9, No.33, 9.10.03: CoR chief hits out at structural fund plans
	European Voice, Vol.9, No.35, 23.10.03: Put up or shut up to meet Lisbon targets, says spending policy expert

Related Topic Guides / In Focus

ESO: In Focus: High Level group presents an 'Agenda for a Growing Europe', August 2003

Related Publications

Books

André Sapir: An agenda for a growing Europe - The Sapir Report (Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-927148-8 (Hbk); 0-19-927149-6 (Pbk))

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