Moreover, the impetus for economic reform has come not from the EU, but from national governments, one of the most successful examples being “Agenda 2010,” launched a decade ago by then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Numerous academic studies, following the work of the American economic historian Douglass North, support the notion that it is competition among states and regions that lays the groundwork for technological progress and economic growth.
此外，经济改革的动力并不来自欧盟，而来自国家政府，其中最成功的例子之一是十年前由时任德国总理施罗德宣布的“2010日程”（Agenda 2010）。从美国经济史学家诺斯（Douglas North）开始，无数学术研究都支持技术进步和经济增长的额基础是国家和地区间的竞争这一观念。发布于2000年3月的里斯本日程（Lisbon Agenda）——旨在让欧盟成为“世界上最有竞争力、最有活力的基于知识的经济”——的彻底失败证明了集中观点的弱点。