The incoming Belgian EU Presidency plans to devote the autumn European summit to innovation policy, but a long-awaited report by President Van Rompuy on economic governance is set to overshadow long-term strategies.
EU leaders are due to debate a new 'Research and Innovation Plan' when they meet in Brussels in the autumn, with the focus likely to be on intellectual property, research funding, public procurement and innovation infrastructure.
The final version of the plan is due to be approved at a subsequent summit in December, leaving ample time for national industry and research ministers to flesh out the Commission's proposal in detail.
It will be the first time an EU summit has been earmarked for
innovation policy, but ongoing instability in the euro zone could
relegate the issue to the bottom of the agenda – just as the Greek debt
crisis took the spotlight off the 'Europe 2020' jobs strategy at the
Spanish Presidency's spring summit.
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