Lisbon Strategy "Europe's official response to globalisation is today embodied in the “Lisbon strategy”. This initiative was launched in March 2000, at the height of the Internet boom and in response to the risk of Europe falling behind in relation to America's economic performance. Its aim was to make Europe “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy in the world by 2010”. After several years of immobility and an initial clear-sighted assessment established by the 2004 Kok report, the Lisbon strategy was relaunched in March 2005 and refocused on “growth and jobs”. Today it has become the central and consensual strategy of the EU-27 in economic, social and environmental matters, the “European response to globalisation”. The European Council of 13-14 March 2008 has just adopted the latest cycle of the Lisbon strategy for the 2008-2010 period, a continuation of the previous cycle.". Lisbon III "The European Council of 13 and 14 March 2008 launched the 2008-2010 cycle of the Lisbon strategy (hereinafter “Lisbon III”) by endorsing, for the most part, the December 2007 Commission proposals, marked by strong continuity with the 2005-2008 cycle". LisbonPlus "We suggest calling the internal component of this new strategic vision “Lisbon Plus”, to mark both the continuity with the agenda of the 2000 decade and the need for refocusing accompanied by a change in pace and intensity. Lisbon (...)