Agenda 2000, the European Commission's proposed blueprint for admitting new members, was published in July.

ECONOMIST: Unfinished business

Agenda 2000 is supposed also to prepare the Union for eastward expansion early in the next century.

ECONOMIST: Goodbye to Berlin

As with the financial reforms proposed in Agenda 2000, the constitutional reforms would prepare the way for enlarging the Union.

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But even the mildest of bids by the British to map out some extra guidelines for Agenda 2000 were blocked.

ECONOMIST: European Union

EU's president for the first half of 1999: wrap up Agenda 2000, including the budget, at a special summit in March.

ECONOMIST: Agenda 1999

They include not just the launch of the single currency but also the agriculture and regional-aid reforms put forward in Agenda 2000.

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After Agenda 2000 is unveiled, the Luxembourgers will preside over a brawl.

ECONOMIST: European Union

Money was always going to be the hardest part of Agenda 2000.

ECONOMIST: European Union

And Agenda 2000 is tough because it is about money.

ECONOMIST: Goodbye to Berlin

His country gave birth to the Lisbon agenda of 2000, an attempt to push forward the process of economic reform and liberalisation across Europe.

ECONOMIST: European Commission

The EU did have a competitiveness pact: the so-called Lisbon Agenda, which was launched in 2000, ran until last year, and was intended to raise the bloc's long-term growth potential.

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To force the issue onto the political agenda, several House Republicans have introduced bills that would eliminate the federal tax code by 2000 or 2001.

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