__NOTOC__ ''An Agenda for a Growing Europe'', also called ''The Sapir Report'', is a report on the

economy of the European Union The economy of the European Union is the joint economy of the member states of the European Union (EU). It is the third largest economy in the world in nominal terms, after the United States and China, and the third one in purchasing power ...

edited by a panel of experts under the direction of André Sapir and published in July 2003. The report follows an initiative by

Romano Prodi Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime ...

, President of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

, notably to analyze the

Lisbon Strategy The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, was an action and development plan devised in 2000, for the economy of the European Union between 2000 and 2010. A pivotal role in its formulation was played by the Portugues ...

André Sapir André Sapir is a Belgian economist and professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management ( Université Libre de Bruxelles). He is also a senior fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels-based think tank. Professional career Sapir holds ...

, who coordinated the redaction of the report, is now a Senior Fellow at the

Bruegel Brueghel or Bruegel () was the name of several Dutch/Flemish painters from the Brueghel family: * Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569), the most famous member of the family and the only one to sign his paintings as "Bruegel" without the ''H'' ...

think tank and a professor of economics at '' Université Libre de Bruxelles''.

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:"''As it stands today, the

EU budget The Budget of the European Union (EU budget) is used to finance EU funding programmes (such as the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, Horizon Europe, or Erasmus+) and other expenditure at the European level. The EU budge ...

is a historical relic. Expenditures, revenues and procedures are all inconsistent with the present and future state of EU integration.''" Sapir Report; p162.

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Sapir Report
(www.unimol.it) * Economics publications Economy of the European Union Romano Prodi {{econ-book-stub

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