Catchword: Lisbonize

Filed under: English, Politics, Jargon

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Nothing daunted, Mario Monti, Romano Prodi and representatives of the social partners—business groups and trades unions—are calling for action on the Lisbon agenda. Most of the action is to be on the budget or as it is known in Brussels parlance financial perspectives, which according to Monti, must be “Lisbonized.” (To be fair, he did admit this was an ugly word.)

Article or document title:
“Overtaking the United States or Lisbonization” (URL)

Author:
Helen Szamuely

Article, document, publication, web site:
EU Referendum

Date of publication:
May 29, 2004

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