EU plots ‘Lisbon Process’ life-support – but are grand science and technology schemes worth the candle?
August 1st, 2009
By David Haworth
Among many things the ambitious Swedish presidency of the European Union hopes to achieve in the next five months is a revival of the so-called 'Lisbon Process'.
The what?
A few may recall this initiative was launched in 2000 to chart the way the EU would become "the world's most dynamic, knowledge-based economy."
Rhetorically it became a bouncy castle for politicians, left and right, who could jump up and down with 'Lisbon', confident of its crowd-pleasing potential, in Brussels and Strasbourg at least.
But the applause soon died - so ...
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