Agenda 2000, et ambitiøst reformprojekt, skulle realiseres under det tyske rådsformandskab for at uddybe Europas integration og gøre Europa klar til udvidelsen mod øst ved hjælp af substantielle reformer.
Agenda 2000, an ambitious reform project, was to be put into action under the German Presidency in order to deepen European integration and to make the EU fit for enlargement towards the East by means of substantial reforms.