In this interview, António Vitorino, Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for justice and home affairs from 1999 to 2004 and Special Adviser in 2007 to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, considers the extent to which the methods of the Lisbon Strategy are in line with its objectives and assesses the results of its application in the Member States.

In this interview, Pierre Moscovici, French Minister in the Foreign Ministry with responsibility for European Affairs from 1997 to 2002, discusses the determination of the Member States of the European Union (EU) at the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000 to define a strategy for the EU with the aim of strengthening employment, economic reform and social cohesion in the framework of a knowledge-based economy.

On 23 and 24 March 2000, the Heads of State or Government of the Fifteen, meeting at the Lisbon European Council, set a new strategic objective for the European Union aimed, in particular, at strengthening employment, economic reform and social cohesion as part of a knowledge-based economy.

Le 17 juin 2010, le Conseil européen approuve la nouvelle stratégie économique, sociale et environnementale de l'Union européenne pour la période 2010-2020. Héritière de la Stratégie de Lisbonne, la nouvelle Stratégie se veut concentrer sur un nombre réduit d'objectifs. Les principes et les méthodes demeurent cependant les mêmes: cadre cohérent pour la coordination des instruments et politiques des Etats membres, viabilité des finances publiques, etc.