The collective response, adopted in 2000, has been the “Lisbon Strategy,” which aims at making the EU “the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010. More realistically, it is designed to provide governments with the incentive to undertake the reforms that stimulate economic growth and productivity.
这主要是由于欧盟三大国的问题，即法国、德国和意大利。三国的国民生产总值占欧洲的70％。2000年采取的联合举动是所谓的“里斯本战略”，其目标是将欧盟在2010年前变成“世界上最富活力和竞争力的知识经济体”。出于更为现实的原因，这一战略激励各国政府实施改革，解决抑制经济增长和生产效率的问题。