The development of the European education policy, its reform agenda and the impact of neoliberalism and economic rationale: The case of the "Work Programme Education & Training 2010", within the framework of the EU Lisbon strategy (2000-2010).

The paper focuses on the development of the European Education Policy within the EU Lisbon Strategy, while it analyses the impact of neoliberalism in its reform agenda. The Lisbon Strategy was set as the fundamental respond of the EU Member States to the demands of the Knowledge -based Economy, within an increasingly globalized context. The fact that the within the agenda, underpinning "E&T2010" Work Programme of the Lisbon Strategy, notions of inclusion, citi-zenship and civil society coexisted with the demand for a more flexible and adaptable human capital, challenges us to focus on the relation between the European Education Policy and other fundamental public policies, as well as to analyse the gradual over-determination of the European Education Policy by the Macro-economic Agenda and subsequently to lay emphasis on the role of neoliberalism to the Europeanization of education policy during the decade 2000-2010