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The Lisbon Review 2010
Published 09 May 2010
 Sweden remains the most competitive economy as measured by the European Union’s (EU) own competition benchmark, the Lisbon criteria, followed by Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to the World Economic Forum’s Lisbon Review 2010 released today ahead of the upcoming World Economic Forum on Europe.
The World Economic Forum’s study is the fifth and final review in a biennial series that assesses the progress made by EU Member countries in the far-reaching goals of the EU’s Lisbon Strategy of economic and structural reforms. In addition to assessing the performance of 27 existing EU Members, it also measures the competitive performance of EU candidates and potential candidate countries.
In March 2000, Europe’s heads of state and government met in Lisbon, Portugal, and declared their intention to make the European Union “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.” To achieve this goal by 2010, they adopted the “Lisbon Strategy” of political and economic reforms.
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"Ten yeas after European leaders announced their intention of making the region the most competitive economy by 2010, Europe has not yet met that goal."
Jennifer Blanke, Senior Economist, World Economic Forum
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May 2010 - 4 min 20 sec
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