Those are the words of the Commission. This unsparing judgment is followed up by reference to ‘the decline in overall investment, in both the public and private sectors, to the detriment of the priority areas identified by the Lisbon strategy, such as research, innovation, education, and training’.
S’ajoute à ce constat cruel la mention "du déclin de l’investissement global, public et privé, au détriment des domaines prioritaires identifiés par la stratégie de Lisbonne, tels la recherche, l’innovation, l’éducation, la formation".