20 March 2008

R&D policy | Lisbon Strategy | Fifth Freedom | European Commission | European Union

Next cycle of the Lisbon strategy gets the nod

Nuala Moran

Slovenian development minister Žiga Turk: “a third industrial revolution”.

The European Council called for the adoption of the Fifth Freedom, or moves to ensure the free flow of knowledge across the EU, at its spring meeting, as it approved the next stage of the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs from 2008 to 2010.

“This is a strategy that works,” said Žiga Turk, Slovenia’s Minister for Development and Growth. Productivity in the EU has overtaken the US, the public debt has more than halved and 6.5 million jobs have been created. Indeed, Slovenia – which currently holds the Presidency of the European Council –...

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