The gap in per-capita income of the EU15 (the membership prior to the accession of mainly post-communist states in 2004) relative to the United States – taken as a reference in many targets – is unchanged at 30-40%, depending on the adjustment to purchasing power parity.
L’Union Européenne dans sa globalité n’a atteint aucun des 17 objectifs quantitatifs établis dans le cadre de la stratégie de Lisbonne.