Men en politiske analyse af topmødet i Lissabon afslører dog, at der var to forslag: Ét, der var mere socialt, mere forpligtende, som siges at hidrøre fra den franske premierminister, hr. Jospin, og et andet forslag, der var genstand for et tidligere kompromis mellem hr.
Nevertheless, the political analysis of the Lisbon Summit reveals that there were two proposals: one which was more social, more committed, which came from the French Prime Minister, Mr Jospin, and the other, resulting from a previous agreement between Mr Blair and Mr Aznar, deregulating the labour market and making it more flexible.