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The paper aims at analysing the macroeconomic effects of the Europe 2020 Strategy taking into account economic growth theories. The research problem relates to defining differences how various EU policies, materializing themselves through statistical indicators, impact the EU economic growth as well as how different EU member states are regarding the implementation of Europe 2020. It consists of 3 interrelated parts. The first one presents the analysis frame work, i.e. describes the theories of economic growth and methods, such as correlation analysis and cluster analysis, and a data set, i.e. GDP indicators, Europe 2020, macroeconomic imbalances, fiscal indicators and the innovation index. The second part analyses the results of correlation analysis between GDP growth rates and GDP per capita as a dependant variable and 17 other indicators. On the EU level the level of innovations, energy efficiency, current account balance and expenditures for R&D over 2000-2010 ha the strongest impact on economic growth with the correlation coefficient above 0.7. The third part presents the results of cluster analysis. The EU member states are quite different regarding the Europe 2020 indicators, thus 5 identical clusters were obtained, such as the power of Europe, Scandinavian excellence, the Southern path, the middle class Europe, the poverty Europe.

The paper aims at analysing the macroeconomic effects of the Europe 2020 Strategy taking into account economic growth theories. The research problem relates to defining differences how various EU policies, materializing themselves through statistical indicators, impact the EU economic growth as well as how different EU member states are regarding the implementation of Europe 2020. It consists of 3 interrelated parts. The first one presents the analysis frame work, i.e. describes the theories of economic growth and methods, such as correlation analysis and cluster analysis, and a data set, i.e. GDP indicators, Europe 2020, macroeconomic imbalances, fiscal indicators and the innovation index. The second part analyses the results of correlation analysis between GDP growth rates and GDP per capita as a dependant variable and 17 other indicators. On the EU level the level of innovations, energy efficiency, current account balance and expenditures for R&D over 2000-2010 ha the strongest impact on economic growth with the correlation coefficient above 0.7. The third part presents the results of cluster analysis. The EU member states are quite different regarding the Europe 2020 indicators, thus 5 identical clusters were obtained, such as the power of Europe, Scandinavian excellence, the Southern path, the middle class Europe, the poverty Europe.

The paper aims at analysing the macroeconomic effects of the Europe 2020 Strategy taking into account economic growth theories. The research problem relates to defining differences how various EU policies, materializing themselves through statistical indicators, impact the EU economic growth as well as how different EU member states are regarding the implementation of Europe 2020. It consists of 3 interrelated parts. The first one presents the analysis frame work, i.e. describes the theories of economic growth and methods, such as correlation analysis and cluster analysis, and a data set, i.e. GDP indicators, Europe 2020, macroeconomic imbalances, fiscal indicators and the innovation index. The second part analyses the results of correlation analysis between GDP growth rates and GDP per capita as a dependant variable and 17 other indicators. On the EU level the level of innovations, energy efficiency, current account balance and expenditures for R&D over 2000-2010 ha the strongest impact on economic growth with the correlation coefficient above 0.7. The third part presents the results of cluster analysis. The EU member states are quite different regarding the Europe 2020 indicators, thus 5 identical clusters were obtained, such as the power of Europe, Scandinavian excellence, the Southern path, the middle class Europe, the poverty Europe.

The paper aims at analysing the macroeconomic effects of the Europe 2020 Strategy taking into account economic growth theories. The research problem relates to defining differences how various EU policies, materializing themselves through statistical indicators, impact the EU economic growth as well as how different EU member states are regarding the implementation of Europe 2020. It consists of 3 interrelated parts. The first one presents the analysis frame work, i.e. describes the theories of economic growth and methods, such as correlation analysis and cluster analysis, and a data set, i.e. GDP indicators, Europe 2020, macroeconomic imbalances, fiscal indicators and the innovation index. The second part analyses the results of correlation analysis between GDP growth rates and GDP per capita as a dependant variable and 17 other indicators. On the EU level the level of innovations, energy efficiency, current account balance and expenditures for R&D over 2000-2010 ha the strongest impact on economic growth with the correlation coefficient above 0.7. The third part presents the results of cluster analysis. The EU member states are quite different regarding the Europe 2020 indicators, thus 5 identical clusters were obtained, such as the power of Europe, Scandinavian excellence, the Southern path, the middle class Europe, the poverty Europe.

Common Agricultural Policy emerged as an attempt to secure important aspects of the economic recovery of post-war Europe. Over time Common Agricultural Policy substantially evolved; however, today this policy absorbs a significant part of the European Union's budget and attracts attention of policymakers, scientists, taxpayers and farmers due to inefficiency of policy tools. The current situation shows that there is a strong demand for improving the results of Common Agricultural Policy which could be achieved selecting the proper structure and tools for the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013. The paper is aiming at identifying the likely development directions of the Common Agricultural Policy structure and tools, which are based on the analysis of 2007-2013 Common Agricultural Policy problems, proposed Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020 models and the position of the EU members towards the future of Common Agricultural Policy.

Common Agricultural Policy emerged as an attempt to secure important aspects of the economic recovery of post-war Europe. Over time Common Agricultural Policy substantially evolved; however, today this policy absorbs a significant part of the European Union's budget and attracts attention of policymakers, scientists, taxpayers and farmers due to inefficiency of policy tools. The current situation shows that there is a strong demand for improving the results of Common Agricultural Policy which could be achieved selecting the proper structure and tools for the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013. The paper is aiming at identifying the likely development directions of the Common Agricultural Policy structure and tools, which are based on the analysis of 2007-2013 Common Agricultural Policy problems, proposed Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020 models and the position of the EU members towards the future of Common Agricultural Policy.

Common Agricultural Policy emerged as an attempt to secure important aspects of the economic recovery of post-war Europe. Over time Common Agricultural Policy substantially evolved; however, today this policy absorbs a significant part of the European Union's budget and attracts attention of policymakers, scientists, taxpayers and farmers due to inefficiency of policy tools. The current situation shows that there is a strong demand for improving the results of Common Agricultural Policy which could be achieved selecting the proper structure and tools for the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013. The paper is aiming at identifying the likely development directions of the Common Agricultural Policy structure and tools, which are based on the analysis of 2007-2013 Common Agricultural Policy problems, proposed Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020 models and the position of the EU members towards the future of Common Agricultural Policy.

Common Agricultural Policy emerged as an attempt to secure important aspects of the economic recovery of post-war Europe. Over time Common Agricultural Policy substantially evolved; however, today this policy absorbs a significant part of the European Union's budget and attracts attention of policymakers, scientists, taxpayers and farmers due to inefficiency of policy tools. The current situation shows that there is a strong demand for improving the results of Common Agricultural Policy which could be achieved selecting the proper structure and tools for the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013. The paper is aiming at identifying the likely development directions of the Common Agricultural Policy structure and tools, which are based on the analysis of 2007-2013 Common Agricultural Policy problems, proposed Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020 models and the position of the EU members towards the future of Common Agricultural Policy.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is often criticized for frequent inconsistencies of its goals with the challenges of agricultural and rural development and for it being distantly oriented towards implementation of the European Union (EU) strategy. Principles of the future CAP and its realization may be elaborated only if the outcome of comprehensive area survey is duly taken into account. The present study aims at proposing scenarios for the CAP development trends. The below tasks are set forth for the goal achievement purposes: Performance of analysis on the EU CAP historical development by highlighting the problems faced during the critical development phases, ways of dealing with the encountered problems and the resulting consequences. Determination of advantages and disadvantages of the present CAP structure and projection of the key development trends for the 2014-2020 programming period based on the content survey. Fulfilment of comparative analysis of different CAP models proposed by a number of developers and comparison of attitudes of EU member states towards the CAP development perspectives. Scrutiny of the US agricultural policy structure. Ascertaining of the opinion of Lithuania's citizens on the provision of support to agriculture and rural development. Proposal of alternative CAP development trend scenarios relying on the survey results.