1. Doctoral researcher, Lecturer, Law and Political Science Faculty, Universite Aix-Marseille III.
2. Lisbon European Council, Presidency Conclusions, 23-24 March 2000, pt. 5.
3. Council of the EU, Note on the ongoing experience of the Open Method of Coordination, Portuguese Presidency Note, 9088/00, 14/06/00, p. 4.
4. A precise description of the OMC is given in the Lisbon European Council Conclusions, at point 37, which lists the stages involved: 'fixing guidelines for the Union combined with specific timetables for achieving the goals which they set in the short, medium and long terms; establishing, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative indicators and benchmarks against the best in the world and tailored to the needs of different Member States and sectors as a means of comparing best practice; translating these European guidelines into national and regional policies by setting specific targets and adopting measures, taking into account national and regional differences; periodic monitoring, evaluation and peer review organised as mutual learning processes'.
5. M. Telo, 'La gouvernance economique et sociale et la reforme des traites-La methode ouverte de coordination',Melanges Jean Victor Louis(Editions de l'ULB, 2003), pp. 479-497, esp. p. 482.