The Lisbon Strategy and Ethnic Minorites: Rights and Economic Growth
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 13 pages, pdf Description: Following the re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy by the European Council in March 2005, the European Commission published on 12 April 2005 a blueprint for growth and jobs in support of a re-focused Lisbon Strategy.1 The blueprint identifies a number of factors that have contributed to the slow growth rate in Europe, acknowledging among others, that social exclusion is a major factor, especially among unemployed women, and young and older workers. To alleviate this, members of the European Union (EU) must adopt macroeconomic policies for growth and jobs that will secure economic stability, economic sustainability and efficiency.