| Índice | Part I - General assessment Executive summary 1. Introduction 2. Overview of key policy areas 3. Summary assessments of implementation by the Member States Part II - Country notes 1. Belgium 2. Denmark 3. Germany 4. Greece 5. Spain 6. France 7. Ireland 8. Italy 9. Luxembourg 10. The Netherlands 11. Austria 12. Portugal 13. Finland 14. Sweden 15. United Kingdom This communication relates the progress made in response to the broad economic policy guidelines (BEPGs) adopted in 2002, a year marked by the successful introduction of euro notes and coins. The 2002 BEPGs set out and confirmed the economic policy strategy aimed at contributing to the achievement of the Treaty’ s fundamental objectives and the Union’s policy agenda agreed upon by theEuropean Council in Lisbon and Stockholm. This policy strategy has taken shape over recent years and has become well-established. Sound macroeconomic policies coupled with continuing efforts to improve the functioning of our economies through comprehensive structural reforms on labour, product and capital markets should help to strengthen the recovery in the short term, increase potential growth in the medium term, and successfully deal with longer-term structural and sustainability issues. Such policies would also help to strengthen economic and social cohesion. This communication offers an overall assessment of the implementation of the policy recommendations set in the 2002 BEPGs, while an assessment per Member State is given in the accompanying working document of the Commission services. Following up on the Council’ s agreement on streamlining of policy co-ordination procedures of 3 December 2002, this implementation report is being presented as part of the first implementation package in support of and together with the Commission’ s spring report. |
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