European policy presently finds itself in a phase of reorientation; the revision of the EU Treaty in recent years was only the beginning. The program “Europe Strategy 2020 – for smart, sustainable, inclusive growth“ will begin with a status assessment and then, based on a number of different scenarios, go on to prognosticate potential end points for the year 2050. The targets are defined in the flagship initiatives for the policy fields. Those initiatives are based on so-called roadmaps that map out the current status of individual segments (e.g., energy efficiency, resource efficiency,...