For det andet kan national planlægning af ESF-programmer vise sig at virke mod hensigten om at tage regionale og lokale forhold op og inddrage lokale interessenter.
It must be our common will not only to build a Europe based on the common market but to build a Europe characterised both by a keener competitive edge and by more solidarity, a Europe that is more capable of achieving the aims set at Lisbon and Gothenburg, namely sustainable development and a knowledge-based economy.