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3/24/06

Forbes.com: EU SUMMIT Leaders agree on need to create 2 mln new jobs by 2010

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EU SUMMIT Leaders agree on need to create 2 mln new jobs by 2010

Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said European leaders have agreed on the need to create 2 mln new jobs by 2010. Speaking at the end of a two-day EU summit here, Schuessel also said: 'We have at present a good economic situation.' European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said leaders firmed up their commitment to the EU's revised programme for economic reform. 'It's now up and running. Now the focus is on implementation,' Barroso said.

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