A round table discussion "Europe 2030: Do We Have a New Approach?" was held on 4 June in Vilnius.
A round table discussion "Europe 2030: Do We Have a New Approach?" was held on 4 June in Vilnius. It was organized by the Office of Lithuania’s Prime Minister's, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Law Department under the Ministry of Justice.
The participants discussed the European Union’s and Lithuania’s development vision with respect to the recent EU strategic documents: the report "Project Europe 2030. Challenges and Opportunities" by the EU Reflection Group and the report of former EU Commissioner for Internal Market Mario Monti, "A New Strategy for the Internal Market: Serving the Economy and the Public".
In her introductory remarks, Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė stressed that, considering the lessons learnt during the crisis, the EU and Lithuania currently face important choices, when short-term measures for the economy’s recovery are not sufficient and essential difficult decisions need to be taken.
The participants of the discussion in Vilnius agreed that further deepening and strengthening of the EU internal market was an important guideline to strengthen the EU’s competitiveness, but some aspects, such as fiscal coordination, remained ambiguous.