As EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas pushes ahead with his plan to establish a European Innovation Council (EIC), sceptics are standing up to voice their doubts.
One case in point is Hans-Olaf Henkel, a German centre-right MEP, who is not convinced of its potential. “I have not finally made up my mind. I have to see more details. But at the outset I’m very sceptical about these kinds of initiatives,” he told Science|Business.
From his perspective as deputy chairman of the Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee, Henkel does not dispute claims Europe has problems when it comes to commercialising its research, or that new opportunities are too often exported across the Atlantic.
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