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Brussels warns of ‘innovation emergency’

By Nikki Tait
Published: October 5 2010 23:13 | Last updated: October 5 2010 23:13
Europe is being warned that it faces an “innovation emergency”, as senior European Union officials unveil a swath of measures designed to push research and commercialisation policies up the political agenda.

Senior policymakers in Brussels are clinging on to the goal of having 3 per cent of EU gross domestic product invested in research and development by 2020 – a target that matches US president Barack Obama’s plans, although Europe has struggled to hit 2 per cent of GDP over the past decade.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU research commissioner, told the Financial Times she believed Europe was emerging from the financial and economic crisis in “fierce competition” with other regions and that there was an urgent need to stimulate private sector research and ensure “fantastic ideas” were commercialised within the 27-country bloc.

“We’re facing an innovation emergency,” she said.

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