This would all be fine if the Lisbon Summit had been held specifically to discuss this kind of issue, which would mean that it should have been called the Information Society Summit, or the Knowledge Economy Summit or the New Economy Summit, according to people’s whims, taste or pretensions. To call it the Employment Summit, however, would be to depart from its real purpose.
Dat zou allemaal volledig in orde zijn, indien de Top van Lissabon speciaal bijeengeroepen was om dit soort problemen te bespreken. Dan had, al naar gelang smaak, gevoeligheid of ambitie, die Top echter de top over de informatiemaatschappij, de top over de economie en de kennismaatschappij of de top over de nieuwe economie moeten heten.