1997年制定“里斯本议程”中的欧洲就业战略以来，已经为欧盟的所有国家确定了就业目标。 “里斯本议程”为提高欧洲的生产效率确立了一整套目标。
Employment objectives have been formulated for all EU member states since 1997 in the so-called European Employment Strategy (EES), now part of the “Lisbon Agenda,” the set of goals established to boost EU productivity.