Broad Support for New Phase of Lisbon Strategy at Summit

Brussels, 14 March - Leaders of the EU have expressed broad support for a new cycle of the strategy aimed at promoting growth and jobs in the bloc during the first day of their summit in Brussels.

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (from left to right) speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (from left to right) speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaking to the press after the first day of the spring EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Replica of a long-case clock designed by Slovenia's greatest architect Joze Plecnik which the Slovenian government donated to the headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels to mark its 2008 EU presidency. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Replica of a long-case clock designed by Slovenia's greatest architect Joze Plecnik which the Slovenian government donated
to the headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels to mark its 2008 EU presidency.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Belgija, Bruselj. Zasedanje Evropskega sveta, prvo od dveh v času slovenskega predsedovanja EU. Francoska ministrica za finance Christine Lagarde, slovenski zunanji minister Dimitrij Rupel, francoski predsednik Nicolas Sarkozy, slovenski premier Janez Janša, francoski zunanji minister Bernard Kouchner in slovenski minister za finance Andrej Bajuk. Foto: Thierry Monasse/STA

Belgija, Bruselj.
Zasedanje Evropskega sveta, prvo od dveh v času slovenskega predsedovanja EU.
Francoska ministrica za finance Christine Lagarde, slovenski zunanji minister Dimitrij Rupel, francoski predsednik Nicolas Sarkozy, slovenski premier Janez Janša, francoski zunanji minister Bernard Kouchner in slovenski minister za finance Andrej Bajuk.
Foto: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: British Foreign Affairs State Secretary David Miliband, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: British Foreign Affairs State Secretary David Miliband, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (left), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Swedish Prime Minister Mirek Fredrik Reinfeldt prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Swedish Prime Minister Mirek Fredrik Reinfeldt prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Italian Finance Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, Italian Finance Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa and Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
From left to right: Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) welcoming his Czech counterpart Mirek Topolanek prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (right) and his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi prior to the start of the EU summit. Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

Brussels, Belgium
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (right) and his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi prior to the start of the EU summit.
Photo: Thierry Monasse/STA

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