José Manuel Barroso presented political guidelines for the next Commission

How Europe should work…

The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso comes with his vision for the future Europe expressing his passion for Europe and the European project and highlighting key moments on its future way out of the crisis towards EU 2020.

“We need to revise the current Lisbon strategy to fit the post 2010 period, turning into a strategy for convergence and co-ordination to deliver on the integrated vision of EU 2020. This will require both immediate and longer-term action:

• making a successful exit from the crisis;
• leading on climate change;
• developing new sources of sustainable growth and social cohesion;
• advancing people´s Europe;
• opening a new area for Global Europe.

Document “Political guidelines for the next Commission”  [pdf, 899 kB]

Vladimíra Drbalová
International Organisations and EU